tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post3585550438939455918..comments2024-02-27T00:41:15.985-06:00Comments on AdoptionTalk: "Mean-Girl" Bullying -- in Kindergarden?malindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233439015219192874noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-65269418562868881642010-10-11T23:20:02.341-05:002010-10-11T23:20:02.341-05:00I read this article and felt that the author gloss...I read this article and felt that the author glossed over something important: my experience is that the people most likely to feel bullied ARE bullies. I realize this isn't always the case, but I have noticed at our school that parents and children who are insecure and feel constantly assaulted tend to lash out and assault others. I have an interesting bullying anecdote that relates to this blog: I am white (although neither my spouse nor my children are white) and a school parent (insultingly) confided to me that she feared her son would be bullied because he is white (1% of the kids at our school identify as caucasian). Her son is the worst bully in the class!! He disrupts class with temper tantrums, annoys the kids sitting near him, teases incessantly, swings his backpack around to intentionally hit people, AND IS CONSTANTLY ACCUSING EVERYONE OF ATTACKING HIM (like when another kid accidentally steps on his foot). I have noticed that other forms of bullying (girls creating cliques and excluding other girls) usually involve insecure kids and families who are quick to accuse others of bullying. I wonder if this is other folks' experience, as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-34846769658087127592010-10-11T20:46:35.912-05:002010-10-11T20:46:35.912-05:00Thanks for this, Malinda! My daughter just discove...Thanks for this, Malinda! My daughter just discovered a few weeks ago that two girls from our neighborhood spent all last year telling the girls in their kindergarten class, "don't play with the Tongginator because she's mean." Umm... those two girls have been rejecting my daughter since they were all two-years-old, so how can they even know if my daughter is mean or not?a Tonggu Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365812914466181060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-89207953442512528792010-10-11T12:31:14.015-05:002010-10-11T12:31:14.015-05:00Yes, it is. Cliches were formed at age four at my...Yes, it is. Cliches were formed at age four at my daughter's ballet--funny, a direct reflection of the moms sitting in the room.<br /><br />Madeline has already had hatred sent her way as has several of her friends. It seems high school has hit the kiddie pool.Jeff and Madelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07330454830153579449noreply@blogger.com