I picked the kids up from school today. Gillian came running over to me. John, on the other hand, looked upset. He slowly walked over to me and hugged me. He started to cry. Gillian then said, “I got a boo-boo. On my chin!” Miss Chris told me it was an accident and that John didn’t mean to hit her. I reassured John and told him that she was fine and there was no reason to cry. We left the classroom and I helped Gillian get her jacket on. I assumed that John was doing the same, but he wasn’t at his cubby. I going him hiding behind a door in the hallway. He was crying again. I again told him that he shouldn’t be upset about Gillian’s chin. He said “It’s not that. I wanted to play with a toy and someone else got it first. So I didn’t get to play with it.” And he started crying again. Gillian sees John crying and starts crying too. John says “Why is she crying? There’s nothin wrong with her!” I explained to him that she was crying because he was crying. He tried to calm down and Gillian did too. I told John that he could play with whatever toy he wanted when he got home. That cheered him up and by the time we got outside the whole thing was forgotten.