Share this reel with all parents so we can stop the verbal bullying before it gets worse. Today, my 6-year-old came home with a note from school saying he used inappropriate language. Instead of reacting in anger, I chose connection. I sat with him, asked him what happened, why he felt the need to call another child a “dumbass,” and what he was feeling in that moment. What I learned was simple — he was responding to unkindness with more unkindness. And that’s what so many children do when no one