Man...I feel so bad for that little girl. I have two daughters, the oldest is 7 and in the first grade. A very happy go lucky kid, very friendly, one of the smartest in her class and a very good athlete. With all that going for her, I always ask how school is going and how are her friends. She’s pretty open about her experiences and will say if something happened. We always ask, well what did you do to solve the situation and she’ll say she ignores that person or I tell them to stop. While we talk I pay attention to how she reacts and I see no signs of her being scared or nervous or anything else like that. A recent example...a couple months ago she wore a new pair of shoes to school, a pair of red high top Chucks. Shoes everybody likes, right? Well, some boy made fun of them and said they were ugly, etc. She told us what happened and she said she just stared at him, then ignored him. We could tell she was sad, so we just said if you like your shoes it doesn’t matter what anybody else thinks. Plus, everybody else loves your shoes so why do you care what that boy thinks? Fast forward to today and she still wears them Chucks regularly and still loves them. Small example, but paying attention to those kinds of things helps tremendously. I worry everyday about her, but she has a confidence in her and we are so glad she shares with us so we can help her through the little things that could snowball into bigger things. Kids these days have it rough, man.