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We were leaving Starbucks and as we walked to the parking lot, a heavy set couple was getting out of their car. She started pointing to the man and started laughing saying he had a big belly. I quickly grabbed her and told her to stop. We got a little further away from the the shop and DH got into her and told her that was mean and not funny at all. She started crying, totally humiliated and upset. It was her 1st time doing something like that in public. She probably got it from when we joke around about DH's beer belly at home.

Well, we kept walking home, but DH said she should apologize to the man. I thought of it too, but seeing that she was in tears I thought that was punishment enough and it WAS her first time. Hope she learned from her mistake, but I was wondering how you would deal with this? Would you make your kid apologize? Would you handle it differently? She's almost 5.