Cassidy is a very friendly girl, but in particular, she has two friends that she talks about everyday ... Rebecca and Emmy. They seem to be inseparable while at school. Some days Cassidy comes home and whines "Emmy wouldn't be my best friend today." Other days, she says "Emmy and Becca were my best friends today." Occasionally she throws in Taylor, but most days it's Emmy and Becca.
The other day, when we got in the car after school, Cassidy said "Mommy, Taylor said I'm not pretty." I stopped trying to buckle her in her seat, looked her in the eyes, and asked for more detail. There wasn't much more to her version than that. So I asked her if she thought she was pretty, and she smiled and said yes. I told her I thought so too, and it didn't matter what anyone else said. Hmmmph. I was a bit concerned by this kind of talk (AT AGE 3, no less!) and mentioned it to Jeff that night.
His response: "Hmmph! Well, let me tell you how the day started when I dropped her off at school. We walked in and Taylor ran right up to Cassidy to give her a hug. Cassidy shrugged her off, pushed past her, and ran up to hug Rebecca. They each put an arm around the other, and walked away from Taylor. And I'm pretty sure she said to Taylor "You're not my friend today." So I'm not surprised Taylor told her she's not pretty."
Oh my god... Cassidy's only 3 and already becoming a mean girl.
We have had A LOT of talks since then about not hurting other people's feelings and using nice words when talking to people.
I refuse to raise a mean girl.
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