DD1 is 4. We have some family friends (from before kids) that include two grown brothers and a sister. We attend their family functions often and see some of them at church and other times as well. With in the group there is a 4 yo and the other brother has a 9yo dsd. So these two are esentially cousins. They attend the same daycare and the 4yo lives next door to the 9yo. They play often. When we are all together, they gang up on my dd being 'mean kids' that you expect in grade school, not at 4. My dd is home with me full time and dosn't see this behavoir and is so hurt when they do this to her. For example we saw them for Easter. The kids had sidewalk chalk outside. Ellie had done chalk recently with one of the other cousins age 15 (who happens to be Ellies cousin on the other side - confusing dynamics). She commented that she had done chalk with Nicky and the 4 and 9 said "we dont care, we dont care". Other similar things happened. I know its just the nature of kids sometimes, but how do you handle it? Ellie just is not around it and is really hurt by it. She just really wants to play with them. Unfortunatly the other girls are just like their moms, so the parents really dont see anything wrong. They might say something, but are not really involved w/ their kids. It just makes me so sad for her. What would you do?
