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grace
is playing with her friends during recess. luke
, a boy in her class, starts to pull grace?s hair repeatedly as he runs by her. he forcefully pushes her down the slide when he is behind her in line. she doesn?t like it but stays quiet. later when she can?t find her pencil, she finds out that luke took it and hid it from her. when she asks
luke about it, he calls her a ?stupid girl.? grace is embarrassed, but she doesn?t say anything. she holds it all in until that evening when her mother asks her about her day. grace bursts into tears and tells her parents what happened. ?ey both laugh and reassure her, ?honey, that just means he likes you! he probably has a crush on you. he?s only teasing you because he thinks you?re cute. don?t worry about it? that?s how boys are!? by laura h choate, ed.d., lpc ?at just means he likes you... really? 2015 cover kids: amelia h. and cannon m. 54 brparents.com | june 2016
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