Can't we all just get along?

Wow!  It's been a long time since I blogged....Life.  You know.  It gets in the way...

So Big is in Grade 1 now.  He's doing great...despite it being in French.  He'll thank me for it some day, right :)

He's got a kid in his class, though, who is a great, big meanie struggles with social dynamics.  He acts out A LOT and the kids get the brunt of his frustrations.  It's been a pretty tough thing to help Big work through.

On one hand, Big is a really sweet, kind kid who wouldn't hurt a flea. So I've been trying to help him empathize with Bully Boy and recognize that he has a lot to deal with in his life.

But, Big is also a really sweet, kind kid who wouldn't hurt a flea!  And MAN!!  Some days he comes home and I want to tell him to just turn around and pop the kid in the face!!

You know what Big says, he says, "But if I hurt him, he'll think I'm a bully!"
Damnit, kid!!  How come you're always so good??

Anyhow, long story short, today at dinner we went through our highlights for the day.  His was that he helped Bully Boy.  I was like, "WHAT???  WHY???"  And you know what he said?

He said that "Bully Boy hurt himself on the playground and I wanted to help him feel better.  Just because he's mean to me sometimes, it doesn't mean that I shouldn't help him when he needs it."

After I picked my jaw up off the table, I asked him how he felt after helping Bully Boy.  He said, "I felt good mommy.  I like helping people!"

If only we all could be as beautiful as that kid!



I tell you, though...if Bully Boy keeps picking on my kid, I may just unleash Small, my little Tazmanian Devil, on him.  You know...to make things right in the world :)