I had no idea social drama starts this early. Or maybe it's just my kid because she is the youngest of her peers. She has two friends from her kindergarten class who ride the same bus with her. Every few weeks, one of the girls will tell Penguin Girl that she does not want to be friends. Penguin Girl is always reduced to tears. I tell her that if they are being mean like that, she does not want them as friends so ignore them for a day. And they will all be friends again the next day anyway.
Today I called Penguin Girl before her friend L had been dropped off. She was all sad because L told her she didn't want to play (they treat the bus ride like a playdate). Penguin Girl sounded all depressed saying she had nothing to do on the bus because of that. While we were on the phone, I hear L saying she wants to show Penguin Girl something when she's done talking to me. But Penguin Girl does not want to go back to being friends just yet so she asks me what to do. I tell her she can say that Lexie was mean and hurt her feelings so she wants an apology.
Two minutes later, Penguin Girl calls me because she is supposed to call when L gets off the bus. Then I know I have about 10 minutes to meet the bus. She is in tears because L would not apologize. The drama goes on until I need to leave to meet her up the road.
All this drama just from kindergarteners riding the bus. What will happen when she is--gasp--a teenager!
