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[quote=Anonymous]I agree that this was an overreaction. The 3 am email alone is just way over the top, as well as calling "defacement".  If I were one of the other moms I would think you were nuts. And lost in your overreaction was an actual situation where the girl's feelings were hurt and she should have responded in proportion to the situation.

I have an older DD who is very sensitive and probably would have cried half the night as well. The worst possible thing a mom can do in such a situation is get caught up in similar emotions. The chest pains, the 3 am emails, the confrontation with the girls all speak to a far too intense emotional response by the mom no matter how calm a voice. That's part of the problem here, both mother and daughter need to learn perspective and how to control their emotions.

I am not dismissing the girl's very real hurt or excusing the other girls bad behavior. But all of that gets lost with such a massive over reaction. I think the posters who agree with me also have older kids and know what lies ahead. OP and her DD will face far greater challenges and will need to learn better ways of reacting.[/quote]

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