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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]wow you are overreacting OP.  Put a monitor on your own kid for a day to hear what your DC might be saying through the day.  Kids this age basically are repeating what they hear others saying and are also showing off for their friends.

Just reinforce to your own kid to not say things that hurt other people's feelings, ignore when other people say something ridiculous and mean when they are just trying to show off, and if you really want go in and talk with the teacher about advice/support for kind words in the classroom.[/quote]

Her daughter is 5.  Kids that age do not go around and try and repeat each other by saying mean things to one another.   I am curious what schools your kids go to that you think this is the normal behavior of K students day in and day out.  [/quote]

This wasn't a story about systemic bullying.  it was one cruel comment.  that's why i think there are so many responses about overreacting.  I have two kids who have gone through K - and have volunteered in the classrooms.  The 'baby' bomb is an often used 'put down'.  from one kid saying it to another for wearing a Star Wars shirt ('only babies like star wars') or about reading levels or about wearing the color pink.  Yes, skilled teachers have talks about that not being appropriate and hurting feelings and kids having different tastes and interests everyone should respect -- and having kids get a behavior mark or warning for it, etc.  As it should be, it should not be tolerated, of course.  But the teachers don't/can't hear everything.  If it was a pattern of behavior or being picked on that's a different issue.  I have one sensitive kid who this would stick to & one that it would roll off of.  For instance, the roller offer walked away from a game at recess because the other kid wasn't following to the rules and got called a baby.  He turned around and said "seriously, get real.'  The other needs a pep talk at night and we read books about how to handle people who are insensitive and building self esteem with the other.[/quote]

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