I read the reply and was like, "wait, where's the rest of it?"
I think there is a distinct difference between "My kid is being targeted and ostracized by bullying" and "there is a mean kid everybody including my kid dislikes who lashes out and sometimes hurts people" and it's really hard to tell which is which, especially if you're basing it all on five-year-olds' emotional skills. If she's still hitting people at age 8 and her mean stories get listened to and believed, then that's a serious problem. If she's still mean and bad at social things but not hitting people anymore and all the other kids hate her and know she lies and ignore her, that's a very different situation.
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I think there is a distinct difference between "My kid is being targeted and ostracized by bullying" and "there is a mean kid everybody including my kid dislikes who lashes out and sometimes hurts people" and it's really hard to tell which is which, especially if you're basing it all on five-year-olds' emotional skills. If she's still hitting people at age 8 and her mean stories get listened to and believed, then that's a serious problem. If she's still mean and bad at social things but not hitting people anymore and all the other kids hate her and know she lies and ignore her, that's a very different situation.