In Wednesday night, Jan. 7's episode of Little Women: LA, new pregnancy announcements weren't the only main highlights of the show. Co-star Briana Manson, who's already a mother, had some concerns about her daughter Leiana's well-being in dealing with bullies at school.
In the new season's second episode, Briana struggled with telling her daughter that she was a "little person" after her daughter, who just started kindergarten, came home and revealed she was being bullied and "picked on" by kids in her class.
When Briana asked her daughter, "Did something happen at school?" Leiana replied, "A person poured water on me." Then things got deep as Briana relived her own childhood as a little person.
Blunt co-star Christy McGinity told her friend, "I think you should just tell her, 'You have dwarfism.'"
She adds, "I know it sucks for you, but you have to do it, or it's gonna suck for her."
The concerned mother, like any mother of a child who has been bullied, expressed her thoughts via Facebook and wrote:
Thank you for all the supportive and loving word's! I would like to express that Leiana's being "picked on" was an isolated event that was handled perfectly by her wonderful teacher, and the no tolerance policy at her amazing school! The talk I had with her is what every little person needs to, and hopefully will, hear in their childhood. I also had a fun chat with her class, on the topic of dwarfism, and all questions were covered! It's not proper, but its a natural reaction to point/comment/question on what is not fully understood -at that age. If your kids have questions. .answer and educate them so that teasing or what can be taken as "bullying" does not happen. Again, this was a one time thing, and her schoolmates adore her!
MStars News hopes Leiana has a better experience in school!
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