My neighbor on my street (Sandy), has a daughter (Debbie) that is the same age as my child. The whole time we've known them, things have been a little rocky. Debbie is a spoiled brat (sorry- best way to describe) with a very dominant personality who has been raised to feel that she can be rude to not just other children, but even her own parents. My child is a little on the shy side, but has stuck up for herself as best as she can. Over the years, we've had Debbie refuse to share her stuff, but expect to use ours whenever she wants, tell the other kids to run away and hide when my child comes out to play, tell the other kids "no" when they say they want to ask my child to come out, tell my child to "just go home" if my child does not conform and agree with everything Debbie wants to do, as well as physical stuff such as pushing and calling names. When my child asserts herself, Debbie runs home crying and her mom is outside in 2 seconds to "tell the other kids off". Nothing is ever Debbie's fault. A few times I've confronted Sandy about Debbie's behavior and was told "that's not the story Debbie told me, I don't believe you". A few moths ago, Debbie screamed in my child's face on the bus saying "move over!" apparently because my child took to long to scoot over in the seat. I had had enough and bypassed Sandy by calling the school directly to report Debbie's rude behavior and ask for a seat change for my child, which was granted. The principle and guidance counselors got involved which resulted in a weak apology from Debbie, but that's it. Immediately, I received a call from Sandy telling me how I betrayed her, hurt her deeply and have caused her to loose sleep at night. IN other words, she was the victim in all this. I explained exactly why I did what I did, to no avail. Now she and her husband are ice cold towards us. What do you think?? Should I have contacted the school?? or gone through Sandy again?