Macy has been having a little trouble with some of the girls in her class for a few months now. Girls are SO DRAMATIC {including my 2} and get upset over SILLY things. And this is no exception. Several of Macy’s little friends have started battling it out over who will get to sit by her during snack, lunch, school assemblies, etc. Yep. I said that this is all over who gets to sit by her. See…silly and dramatic!
Anyway, Macy has asked us for advice on how to deal with this problem on several occasions and we’ve given her our best suggestions. But today when I picked her up, she looked absolutely devastated. Devastated. She said that she was having some trouble because of who she sat by at lunch and that two little girls stopped talking to her. Which, of course, hurt her feelings…and rightly so.
Just before we were going to walk out the door to dance today, Macy jotted this note down to take to one of the little girls in her class. It.broke.my.heart. Poor sweet girl. {BTW...I didn't let her take the note to school. I thought it was better for her to just get it off her chest in the privacy of her own home!}
* It’s so hard to understand why little girls act the way they do ... especially when it would NEVER occur to Macy to act like that.
* It’s hard to be 6.
* It’s hard to be the parents who have to come up with suggestions on how to deal with situations like this {and not tell her to just slap these little girls when they are mean to her ... ahem}.
* And it’s hard to watch your kid be sad … especially over something as silly as who gets to sit by who ... and even when it's a life lesson.
I know what you’re thinking … this is only the beginning. oof.
4 comments:
poor macy g....it is so tough and yes this is only the beginning. The drama will stay but the actions and reasons will change!
Oh girl, my heart hurts reading that. Really. Because, you know I know. Same thing with Lainey.
Is it wrong to say that I would like to slap the little girls sometimes? And they're only 5, maybe 6 years old? Yeah, only the beginning. And it stinks.
All we can do is keep doing what we're doing... the best we can... and be proud our girls are on this end of it... even though its the harder end to be on sometimes. :)
oh my goodness, does that seriously start at 6??! is it bad to say that it kind of made me smile that they all want to sit by MG? :) of course they do, b/c they wish they were as sweet as her!
so cute that she jotted that little note down, what a precious heart she has. luckily they haven't learned to hold grudges at that age, so the drama is super short-lived (until the next one starts I guess!)!?
I have seen a HUGE difference between the friendships the boys had in Kindergarten & those that Brooklyn had this past year. Wow. Girl drama starts early. Why do you have to have one BEST friend? I keep telling Brooklyn that it's better to have LOTS of friends... There have been plenty of days that she's come home with hurt feelings over some cattiness (is that a word?). I thought I wouldn't have to deal with this until Jr. High - surprise! Maybe we can share coping ideas! :)
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