Too early to be thinking about this....

[dar512]

Originally Posted by Munchkin

With that said, as much as it sucks, kids need to learn how to handle these kind of situations. No one is going to go through life without having to hear some moronic people spew their hatred. The school years are just as much about learning how to interact with your peers as it is about education.

I don't think so. Twits are a lot easier to avoid once you graduate from high school.

[Munchkin]

Originally Posted by dar512

I don't think so. Twits are a lot easier to avoid once you graduate from high school.

Easier? Yeah sure. But you cant avoid them all together. You run into them everywhere, and need to be emotionally developed enough to deal with it. And even disregarding the point about dealing with the bullys.... children need to learn how to develop interpersonal relationships with a wide variety of people, the way they do in school.

Some home schoolers have groups that get together... have a parent that knows a lot about science teach science, and english english, etc...thats great. The kids get to interact with other kids.... but a very select group of them with similar life experiences to their own. And, not all home schooling parents do this.

[dar512]

Yup. It's a balance all right. How much do you protect your kids?

But I still have to say I never ran into that sort of cliquey pick-on-the-different-kid thing after I got out of high school.

[xoxoxoBruce]

At 11, I'd be more concerned if the kid wasn't getting teased. That would indicate they were a loner, outcast or something was wrong. Everybody that interacts with peers get teased at that age.

That said, you have to find out if this was just dinner table banter or an ongoing thing from a particular person/clique. See if it's still an issue next week, next month.

I just read this afternoon, girls in the US started menstruating, at an average, of 12 and 1/2 in 1939. Bet it's much younger now. Prepare to chat.