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Moms Talk: When Someone Is Picking On Your Kid

What do you do when someone picks on your child?

Each week the Mentor Patch Moms Council answers a question on parenthood posed to them by readers or another member of council.

This week's question: What do you do when you see other children being unkind to your child -- especially children in middle or high school?

Devone Lansing:

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My knee jerk reaction is to step in and stop the whole thing - which I have done several times. But I know it's better to let them work it out themselves, so I'm trying to let that happen. It's hard though!

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