1. You cannot get your kid to get going for school and, as he rolls around on the couch moaning about his tummy, you have to resort to telling him "You can only skip school if you actually throw up right now!"
2. Your son tells you the kids at school are making fun of him because he has a sippy cup of juice at lunch time. But he won't drink any of the juice boxes you bought.
3. You then find out that the leader of the teasing gang is none other than the boy my son thought was his best friend.
4. Your five year old, who has loved school until now, weeps silently as he gets dropped off and signs "I love you" about seven times as he walks away from the car.
My heart is broken and I cannot curl up in bed and wait for the hurt to pass.
I want so badly to teach my son how to give a smart retort to whoever makes fun of him!
"Yeah, well you have hair like a girl!" or "You cry like a sissy," or "Grow up and stop wishing you were as cool as me!"
But none of these things, though they feel so good to say, are profitable in teaching my son to be a leader.
So, instead I teach him to say things like, "I thought you were my friend" and "You're hurting my feelings and that's not cool of you."
Maybe when he's older I can teach him to fight dirty!
