{"id":36,"date":"2025-01-06T15:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T15:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/?p=36"},"modified":"2025-01-06T15:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T15:45:09","slug":"my-kid-is-getting-picked-on-at-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/?p=36","title":{"rendered":"My Kid Is Getting Picked On At School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My kid is getting picked on at school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/LDK-Blog-Post-January-6-1024x538.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/LDK-Blog-Post-January-6-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/LDK-Blog-Post-January-6-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/LDK-Blog-Post-January-6-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/LDK-Blog-Post-January-6.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kids can be mean. Sometimes, though, it\u2019s not what you think. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you talk to your child, make sure you get the whole story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201cNo one will play with me.\u201d This is a common complaint especially with children aged six through nine, when more than two children are involved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Often, they just haven\u2019t learned to manage more than one friend at a time, so they get caught up in, \u201cIf you\u2019re her friend, then you can\u2019t be my friend.\u201d This is not necessarily bullying. This is probably a misunderstanding. Your child  may not be getting picked on or targeted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, they are being excluded, but there is a remedy for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since it\u2019s not likely you can coach all three children (unless you\u2019re the teacher or caregiver), you can work with your own child individually by offering some suggestions: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The simplest answer is play by yourself. Model independence by thinking these words out loud for your child. \u201cIf someone was mean to me, then I would just go play with somebody else, or play by myself.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make sure your child understands what\u2019s happening. It might not be that they don\u2019t want to play with you \u2013 it might be that they don\u2019t want to play the game you want to play. Sometimes you have to play the games your friends want to play if you want to be included.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finally, help you child problem-solve with the group. Have them say, \u201cI want to play with you. What can I do?\u201d <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It can be as simple as that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My kid is getting picked on at school. Kids can be mean. Sometimes, though, it\u2019s not what you think. When you talk to your child, make sure you get the whole story. \u201cNo one will play with me.\u201d This is a common complaint especially with children aged six through nine, when more than two children [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldkparentingfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}