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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m sorry, OP. Some parents are confused about their role. This lady’s job is to teach her daughter resilience, not blame your son when her daughter is overly sensitive. I’d feel differently if your son were truly targeting her or doing something mean that crosses a line, but I believe you when you say he is not. He’s behaving like a typical 10 year old boy. They are not perfect. It seems like it’s a thing that 10 year old girls get hurt/horrified/offended over things that other boys would probably just brush off or laugh off. It’s hard for parents to see their child hurt, so maybe that’s why this other mom went all irrational mama bear on your son. I’d protect my son from her, personally. He doesn’t need her blame or toxicity. [/quote]

It’s also the other mother’s job to teach her son that you shouldn’t condone and enable cruel/inappropriate behavior by continuing to bring around people who behave inappropriately.  This may the other mom giving OP a chance to address the inappropriate behavior with her own child before they take stronger measures to their own child to reinforce the message.[/quote]

That’s right. OP shouldn’t condone the cruelty/blame this other mom is extending toward her son. It’s hard for kids to know when an adult is acting irrationally toward them. OP has addressed everything with her son but she should absolutely not overreact and over discipline her son because someone else was extra sensitive. [/quote]

Whatever the dynamic may be elsewhere, Emily’s home should be a refuge where she can get a break from the outside teasing and harassment.  She shouldn’t have it constantly following her home in the form of her brother’s friends.

The boys can spend time together elsewhere, it doesn’t have to happen in the other kid’s home.[/quote]

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