This week we experienced a moment of heart wrenching sorrow.

Our third little one is heading to school next year. Already, as the Mums and Dads wait for the older kids to get out of school, she has a posse of friends. They play and carry on.

She has a special friend, whose name I’ve heard a lot. Our third often refers to her as her "best friend".

So when this girl turned to Lucy and said to her, "Stop following me!", It was for us very painful. Our little one, being rejected.

Of course, the reality is that this is what happens in life. Siblings fight and are mean. Friends are mean. Kids and Adults alike are mean. I remember myself as a kid, man alive.

So is there a line? What do you do? How do you respond to this, when it will continue to happen throughout life?

How Do You Deal With Rejection, To And From Your Kids?