Tempering the iron core

[dragontail]

They're persistent, I'll give them that. Having failed on two previous occasions to bend LJ to their will, her former friends tried again today. Again there was the apology for earlier behaviour, again there was the insistence they remained her friends "even though you're weird", again there was the request she play with them. I suppose it is, in a

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[anonymous]

I need an iron core just to read about this stuff. Getting a bit teary at work here. Tell LJ Uncle Sam says she's a super trooper.

[dragontail]

Message passed on and received with grateful thanks from Niece LJ :)

[scraptracker]

It's certainly a difficult time in a young persons life. I sometimes think it's harder to watch your child go through things like this than to go through it oneself! That said, all we can do is listen, perhaps suggest strategies or options and provide hugs when required. ( punching other children is not allowed, sadly!)
She's a very resilient young lady, with a very strong support base and lots of listening ears - she'll certainly come out smiling and strong!

[dragontail]

What makes it hardest, I think, is that the "perpetrators" aren't being deliberately malicious or mean. They're too young to understand such concepts and would be horrified to think they'd done LJ wrong... provided they could grasp the concept in the first place. And so the effect is double for LJ, who is unusually mature and therefore insightful enough to understand, because (as she herself says) you can't confront them and try to have them stop what they don't realise they're doing.

So not even punching would really work ;)

She is doing well, and she benefits greatly from the support her Nana and Pa provide. She's blessed with you both, as I was when I went through the same.