The only problem I have found after six years of home schooling is that my 10 year old daughter is simply not equipped to deal with the mean kids that live on our street. She has no idea what to do about them. What can I tell her to help her feel equiped to deal with a mean 5 and a meaner 7 year old boy who have a strange home life?
I know she will be stronger in the end for this but right now it is hard to go from your AWANA sleep over to having your neighbors throw sticks at you.
Is this what people mean when they say our kids aren't socialized? I would have to argue that it is these monsters that aren't socialized! Or should I say tamed?
We have told her that we live in a fallen world and the farther we get from the point of original sin the worse it is going to get... but that doesn't help when you want to be a hermit to avoid these boys.
We have told her to avoid them, ignore them, love them, but they enjoy intimidating her.
So how do we equip her for this?
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