Ok - I'm new to this how do you help your dcs when other children are unkind to them?

[MrsFogi]

Dd is 3 and told me she was very upset and cried at nursery today because two of her friends kept telling her she was smelly. So, how do you help your dcs deal with this sort of inevitable thing? Any pointers very welcome as this is a first for me (no doubt not the last). How do you comfort them? How do you help them to help themselves in the future?

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Name calling at any age is hurtful

Flag it up to staff at nursery

At this age you can encourage her to tell the nursery staff herself if it happens again, and also to say to the children 'stop it I don't like it when you say mean things to me'

Is she smelly? It might be that the children at nursery are voicing a truth, yes?

I would say to your dd you're not smelly you smell beyoootiful you smell like...daffodils,chocolate cake or anything else she likes.....then I would teach her even at that age to turn the other cheek and to look for other children to play with.

I would tell the nursery staff bcos this is bullying and needs to be stopped.

i'd hate to think this sort of thing was inevitable - and I wouldn't advise you to act as if it was.

If your DD got to crying stage at nursery the teachers should know about it (I'd want to know how she did get to that stage without them knowing about it.)

She shouldn't have to be taught how to help herself at this age - the adults in whose care she is should be helping her - and this sort of thing shouldn't be happening in a nursery.

Need I go on?

I mean inevitable as I think children are likely at some point in their lives to have unkind things said to them by other children.
Nooooo BALD she is a very fragrant child .