Kids are mean

Of course, we all know this, but when it's your kid at the receiving end, it sucks.

Sophie goes to preschool 4 mornings a week and loves it. But there are 2 little girls there who are excluding her. Her teacher pulled me aside and let me know a.) that it was happening and b.) that she was dealing with it and c.) that Sophie seemed entirely undisturbed by it (naturally, because she lives on another, much happier, planet).

I found it hard to believe that at the age of 3 or 4, girls were already being mean...until I witnessed it myself. During circle time (yes, circle time) I watched as the two little girls made faces, moved away from and told Sophie to stop touching them. I also watched as their mothers did and said NOTHING. Whenever I see Sophie behaving badly, I put the major kabosh on it, but these two women did absolutely nothing.

What's wrong with them? Interestingly, they're not snobs. They're schlubby, unfashionable hippies. Are they just retarded?

And what's wrong with me that I'm so upset by this? I seriously fantasized about being mean to a 4-year-old girl. She's 4. I'm 37. It's a little pathetic.