I know most of you won't be surprised to read that kids can be mean little critters.
We've been lucky up until now that Lucas and Eli haven't been teased, taunted or made to feel out of place at school and in the community. The times that we've run into an issue or they've repeated something that was said or that happened to them that was in all likelihood, mean spirited, they have not understood what was driving the other persons' behavior.
Lucas recently figured out that Pickle is a funny last name and that it's a food. He thought it was funny, we explained (as best we could) that yes it is funny and that sometimes people like to make jokes and tease us about it. Not just him but his sisters too. We also tried explaining that when this happens if he laughs with them that is the fastest way to make them stop. It was a hard thing to get our girls to understand when they were elementary age and a whole lot harder to explain to Lucas.
Tonight he was showing me a picture of a friend that he had received at school. He asked if he could take one of his to give. I said ok and told him to write his name no the back. He said, "Just Lucas, no Pickle, I not like to be food." Ummmm, ok, didn't take mommy college to figure that one out. I asked if someone was making fun of his name. He said a "big boy" calls him food and he doesn't like it. It is hard to explain that no reaction takes away a mean kids' fun. It's an explanation in progress because no matter what language you use, kids can be mean little buggers.
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