How would you have handled this?

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-01-2003
How would you have handled this?
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Mon, 03-28-2005 - 7:34am

I took my 5-year-old niece to the shoe store because she needed Easter Shoes. While we were in there, she sees an obese woman and says, "Whoa! You're fat!"

The woman was mortified and I could see tears in her eyes. I made my niece apologize and the woman said, "I know, you just have to ignore it."

The woman was visibly upset but I didn't know what more I could do. I told my niece how it wasn't nice to hurt people's feelings and she genuinely felt bad for what she had done. How do you handle a situation like that? I mean, the woman has to know that kids sometimes speak without thinking. I'm sure the woman had other issues that made her more sensitive to my niece's comment but I felt so badly for her. Is there anything you can do in a situation like that?

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-20-2003
Mon, 03-28-2005 - 7:51am

I think you handled it well.






iVillage Member
Registered: 11-15-2004
Mon, 03-28-2005 - 7:55am

I think that you handled it the right way.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 03-28-2005 - 9:43am
Ditto to everything Jean said. I even offer similar 'Pollyanna' comments.
Soleilune