Your child may experience a time when she does not get along well with others in her class. Sometimes people, even children, just don’t get along. It can be difficult to have your child attend class if she feels animosity towards one of her classmates. Here are five things you can do to help alleviate the situation.
1) The first thing is to narrow down which child your child is having a problem with. If the entire group is picking on your child, than you will need to talk the primary teacher and possibly the primary presidency. This situation should not be tolerated.
2) If it is just one child, you can talk to your child specifically about what is happening. It may be that your child is part of the problem. It could be jealousy or other issues causing these feelings. Once you have determined the underlying source of the conflict, talk to your child about the behavior you expect from her.
3) You might want to set up a play date between the two children, and watch how they interact with each other. My daughter has had conflicts with other children, which have been resolved after a few play dates. Usually the children felt threatened by each other because they didn’t know each other.
4) If this does not resolve the situation you could consider talking to the primary teacher or the president to talk about how things are conducted in class. You may ask that the children do not sit together or point out that the children need to be watched more closely because of the negative feelings between the two.
5) If there is still a problem you may consider talking to the child’s parent about the issue between the children. If you do this, be careful as you approach the parent. You do not want to make the parent feel threatened or that you are accusing the child of something. Most conflicts require two people to carry them out.
As you go through these steps you need to talk to your child about the behaviors that you find acceptable. You need to talk about forgiving the other child, and treating her kindly even is she is not treating your daughter kindly. Many childhood issues are simple misunderstandings. It is good to teach your child how to work through these issues at a young age.