What I really did

I appreciate all the comments and wisdom bestowed upon me.  But I felt a little more serious action needed to be taken.

Therefore after school, when I went to pick Cariña up, I had Cariña show me who the girl was.  I went up to the girl picked her up the the collar.  I told her that if she messed with my daughter, she would also be messing with me!  Then I tossed her to the side and let her feel the wrath of the family!! :)

JUST KIDDING!!!

What really happened is I told Cariña to tell the girl how ignorant she was.  Then I told Cariña to tell the girl that only really cool people eat healthy food and bring breakfasts and obviously she wasn't cool enough.

Again, JUST KIDDING!!!


What really happened is I talked to the teacher to find out if Cariña could miss  the breakfast portion of school, and to please keep an eye the situation to make sure that are no more hitting and kicking. (Yes that did happen as well. )  Then I made an extra special lunch with pizza, (not homemade) with some pudding to show the kids that she is also normal. The pizza did help and some the kids were jealous of her lunch.  (There is a funny story about the pizza as well.  There was a girl at school that usually has spicy Cheetos for  lunch.  When this girl saw Cariña eating her lunch she commented on how unhealthy pizza was. :)  Then Cariña came home and told me the story.  I mentioned that if she wanted to she could tell the girl that the Cheetos aren't that healthy either.  Cariña in her six year old wisdom, looked at me with her hands on her hips and said, " You know mom, I don't want to be the one to tell people that they don't eat healthy.  I just told her that because I eat my other healthy food, my mom allows me to have treats."  It was the perfect answer.  I am proud of her.  She has handled this transition and teasing with more maturity than I have.)

 I will continue to put "treats" in her lunch on occasion.   She also eats her breakfast at home now. I also am keeping an eye on Cariña as well to make sure that she is still happy at school.   I am also keeping track of her self-esteem, because once she starts to lose that it will be time to take a more serious action.  The comment made by sister, about her son being teased, failed to mention that the teasing was so bad that he became an extremely nervous kid who lost every ounce of self-esteem.  It took him two years of home-school to build his self-esteem back up again.  He was lucky that he had a mom who knew what to do to help him over come the teasing.  But it was definitely a situation that needed intervention.  I just want to prevent any serious damage.

As of right now, despite the teasing, she is having a lot of fun at school.  She is unchanged and is enjoying life.  As for the us, (Helaman, Xenia, and I), we just mope around the house all day until she comes home. :)