Grandboy: Pointing is rude. Gwumpa, doing THIS (points his finger in my face) is bad.<\/p>\n
Me: Yes, it is. How did you learn that?<\/p>\n
Grandboy: At school. If you point like this (points to the wall, now that I’ve redirected his arm) and say, “Na na na na na” (wiggling his head) then you’ll be a BULLY. And that’s RUDE.<\/p>\n
Me: Yep. (We nibble on our chocolate brownies)<\/p>\n
Me: So what if the WHOLE CLASS was doing that to someone? Would you do it?<\/p>\n
Grandboy: NO. That’s being a bully.<\/p>\n
Me: And what if your best friend at school was doing it with them? Would you do it then?<\/p>\n
Grandboy (exasperated): BAAAAH! NO GWUMPA. Still bad.<\/p>\n
Me: You’d probably talk to your friend to tell him to stop.<\/p>\n
Grandboy: Yep to tell him to STOP being BAD and to be a good friend.<\/p>\n
(More chocolate brownies are nommed)<\/p>\n
Me: So what if the whole class was doing that to a bully?<\/p>\n
(pause and think)<\/p>\n
Grandboy: Yah, that’s ok.<\/p>\n
Me: Why? Then YOU’D be like the bully.<\/p>\n
Grandboy: To make the bully STOP. So he knows how it FEELS.<\/p>\n
Me: True. He needs to know it hurts to be teased. But maybe also you could TALK to the bully, like you would your friend. You never know, that may make a difference.<\/p>\n
Grandboy: Yah. I like that, Gwumpa. I’ll talk to him.<\/p>\n
As the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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