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Happy Friday friends!!!
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Please don’t mind my manly voice today. I’m still trying to get over this bummer of a cold.
Can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to this week!
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Hi + welcome to my little spot in the blogesphere.
I'm so glad you stopped by.
My name is Alissa + I'm the fun-loving, chocolate addict, coffee drinking
Wife + Mom behind the blog Rags to Stitches.
I hope you’ll pop around and stay for a while.
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Hi + welcome to my little spot in the blogesphere.
I'm so glad you stopped by.
My name is Alissa + I'm the fun-loving, chocolate addict, coffee drinking
Wife + Mom behind the blog Rags to Stitches.
I hope you’ll pop around and stay for a while.
Good to hear you are recovering Alissa
I must drop in to your coffee chats as we do drink a lotm of coffee in Finland and chatting or socialising is good
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I must join one of your coffee get togethers
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That is so funny about your kids wanting to jump out of an airplane!
Sad about how mean kids are, especially at such a young age! Who would have thought she’d have to deal with that in pre-school! Yikes! That’s coming up for us next year…I guess I should get prepared. Hope the two friends work it out after the weekend. Since they’re so young. the other girl might not have realized the meaning of what she said. She might be over it in a couple days. Kids!
Have a great weekend Alissa!
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I’m so sorry. I have been through this with our oldest who is in first grade. We did have some of this in kindergarten too but I hear that it is worse with girls. It terrifies me because of our two girls. It’s kind of hard to take. When your child’s feelings are hurt its the worst hurt. I’m so sorry but I really don’t have the perfect advice. Continue to talk with her about her feelings and make sure it isn’t bullying. I know crazy right? Good Luck and let us know how it goes… good thing it’s the weekend and we can all breathe a sigh of relief, xoxo
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I think your coffee date videos are so cute! I’m so sorry to hear about your daughter’s friend incident…..girls (I guess even really young ones) can be so hurtful and cruel. I agree that it would be less difficult to counsel your daughter on this if she were a little older. Good luck, and I hope the situation mends itself!
Sorry about your little one and the incident with the girl at school…that would be so hard. Your mamma heart will guide you on what to do. Hope you feel better soon! I’m sure your meeting tonight will be awesome. Have a great weekend.
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Wow, I can’t believe the mean girls thing is starting already in preschool! My girl is 2 and not in preschool yet, but it hurts my heart that your daughter had her feelings hurt
Awwwww…..
It’s cute that your kids want to jump out of airplanes LOL.
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My mama’s heart just hurts for your little one! I’m terrified when things like that start to happen! My oldest is 3 and I have 3 more right behind him and I swear what do you even do? I feel like i’m going to have to beat up some little kid and then I’d feel bad I beat up a little kid. Haha! But seriously i t really does seem like these yucky things are happening younger and younger.
:(
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Alissa, loving these coffee date videos… hopefully, I’ll work up the nerve to vlog soon.
Anyways, about the situation with your 4 year old daughter, it makes me sad to think that kids are being really mean to each other at younger ages than they used to. At least, it sure seems that way.
Really, I can only offer what I would tell my almost 4 year old son: “Just because someone is mean to you, doesn’t mean you should be mean back to them. {The other kid} may just be having a bad day or she may be sad about something. Still be nice to her and maybe she’ll come around.”
As for your getting involved {calling the school, meeting with a parent}, I probably wouldn’t get involved unless it become a bullying situation. Kids say mean things all the time {doesn’t make it right, of course} and we, as mommies, won’t be able to step in and fight their battles for them at every turn.
That’s just my two cents {and sorry it was as long as a book… LOL!} Hope it helps.
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A few weeks ago I wrote a post about Being Bullied and I was inspired to do so because of 2 seperate 5 year olds I know that were being harrassed, physically and by name calling. It seriosly breaks my heart to know that kids can hurt another kids feelings at such a young age. I have a 3 year old and I Dread moments like this. I wish I had some advice but I just hope your daughter gets through the situation ok.
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Hi Alissa, Thank you so much for hosting! I’m so glad that I’m able to connect & join you for coffee.
I was so sad to hear about your daughters experience, but am reminded of what a wonderful opportunity you have to foster self-confidence in her! It is so unfortunate that it had to happen but thankfully you can help guide her with you example — she’ll undoubtedly experience this throughout her life & what a wonderful momma she has to build her up!!
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Those stories are killing me over here! TOO CUTE! I still think you’re a little crazy for jumpin’ out of an airplane– just sayin! My dad actually skydives every weekend in the summertime though and is even licensed to do tandems and be an instructor now– so that’s pretty sweet
I just hope one day that my daughter doesn’t want to jump out of an airplane because her grandpa does! Glad to hear you had a good week! Feel better soon!
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I love your curls. I remember breaking down and crying when I was pregnant because i have been so bruised from relationship with girls. Unfortunately I was taught that I should be everyone’s friend and then in turn thought everyone would be my friend. It hurt a lot when I tried to make relationships work, when I really didn’t want to be their friend. Its a tough lesson to learn. My neice at the age of 3 was told by some girls that she could play with them because she had curly hair. (So sad, but I know that my niece will encounter a lot more mean girls down the road.) I will pray for your little one’s heart and that God will keep her protected and bold enough to show kindness in moments of pain.
Much love Alissa!
I have been sick all week too, finally went to the doctor on Friday. The friends things is so difficult with kids — so hard as parents. Gosh you sound like me, like come on my kids are awesome
It’s just so hard. We dealt with girls being mean to my Olivia at the beginning of the school year but thankfully she has found other friends and deals with it all so wonderfully. Oh and if you receive any really helpful advice on how to deal with this all — please share!!! If we were having coffee I’d tell you to create that tumbler 
Good Morning! I Love this! I VLOG but i never really know what to say. I will participate from now on! I’m really excited!
My first daughter in 9 months now and I wish i could shield her from hurt, pain, foolishness and all of the above, but 9 months now, its impossible.
I do have a twin sister and her son is now 6 years old. And I’m just as over protective with him. When I heard he was being bullied, I was the most outraged LAdy on the street. My sister said “it’s okay, he needs to know that life isn’t all sugar” But, it was tough. Secretly I still have my eyes peeled for that bully.
I don’t have an answer for you or advice but I felt every word you spoke on your blog and I just wanted to thank you!!!
-jesika
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