Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Girls Will Be Girls

Girl A and Girl B are having "issues". Girls A and B are in fourth grade.

This can't possibly end well.

Girl A is sniffling over something Girl B has said, and says her feelings are really hurt. I, a girl myself and having recently read an entire book about how girls are mean to each other, get down at her eye-level and thoughtfully explain how boys just duke it out when they have an issue, and then it's over. Girls...well, girls get mean when they're mad, but that can hurt even more than getting hit, can't it?

She tearfully agrees.

A little while later, Girl C reports that Girl B has said something mean about Girl A. Before I can finish saying, "Girl B..." in an exasperated tone, Girl B reports that Girl A tried to slug her.

Perhaps this needs to be revisited tomorrow.

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