When R was three weeks shy of four years old, he moved into the preschool room at his (now former) daycare. The class was a mix of ages up to five, and R was the youngest by a few days. We were all excited about the new class, including R. Unfortunately, a short time in the class uncovered problems, the most striking was when two older boys started calling R “stupid baby” on a regular basis. We drill into our kids that stupid is a bad word, and that using words like that are just as hurtful as hitting someone, […]