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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is so obnoxious I don't even know where to begin.

People tease each other.  Boys tease girls.  If they are all 15, it actually makes sense.  Simple teasing is not harassment, especially if all we are talking about is two boys occasionally oinking at a girl or kids talking about other kids behind their backs.  Good grief.

Mom, tell your daughter to either hold her head high and don't let them get to her OR she can tell them to fuck off.  Whatever suits her better.  Unless the level of teasing changes, there is absolutely nothing else to do about it.[/quote]

PP, your "boys will be boys" attitude is very old-fashioned and, to put it bluntly, wrong.  I sincerely hope that if you are the parent of sons that you do not convey to them that this is acceptable behavior. At all. 
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Well crap, do you need to turn everything into a gender war?  Yes, boys tease girls.  Girls also tease boys -- in fact several responses here suggested the girl comment on the boys penis size.  Care to comment on how old-fashioned or wrong that attitude is?

[b]I try to convey to my children (my girls and my boys) that treating others with respect is really important.  [/b]I know that sometimes they fail and are mean to each other and other kids, too.  I also try to help my kids build resilience by not getting upset every time someone is mean to them.[/quote]

Right.  And one way to drive that lesson home is to have consequences when they don't treat people with respect.  If every time they disrespect a woman (or a girl, or whatever you want to call a female 15 year old), you brush it off with "boys will be boys," how the hell will they ever learn how to treat people?[/quote]

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