Having young kids means you will hear endless stories about
bullying and name calling when they arrive home from school and
if you have more than one child, you will get to see this all
first hand when they tease each other and compete for toys and
attention. We teach our kids to not get upset when other kids
say inconsiderate things to them. For instance my five year old
daughter would regularly complain that a particular girl at her
school was rude and would says things like”you are not my
friend” which upsets my daughter (which is ironic since this is
a teasing tactic that my daughters use between themselves at
home). So we have explained to her to ignore people that aren’t
nice and to not take it personally. Right now they have been
reciting this age old rhyme and it seems to have caught on:
“sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt
me” Teaching our kids confidence and self esteem is a critical
life skill. In life lots of “mud” gets slung your by people who
are unhappy, angry, contr