I witness a child say to a woman that she was fat and started laughing. The parent heard what the child said, and quickly grabbed the child and talked to the child. I heard parent say to the child that what he said was not nice and he needed to apologize to the lady. The parent used words to reprimand the child, letting the child know that he could not say things like that to an adult and talking about people could make them sad. She reminded the child of a time, when it felt said because somone talked about him. The child, felt sad and went to apologize to the lady. He stated he was sorry and would not say thing like that again. The child was then made to sit down until it was time for him to go home.
The message communicated to the child, would be becoming aware that saying things such as "someone being fat can hurt someone's feeling". It can also make a child feel that they can not express themselves in the way they see the world. The child may see things differently and not fully understand when to say something and when not to say something. A child may also feel punished for speaking what they believe.
An educator may have responsws and said to the child. What can you see about the lady that is similar to you. We all have similarities and we all have differences. Everyone is made in a different way, yet we people. Let choose ways to see how difference make us diverse and not something thats bad.
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