nan'fussing at her, and that hurt her feelings. ild: uuh. hendrick: youngsters know from their own firsthand experiences that words can hurt and that their verbal behavior, be it name-calling, teasing, or excluding another, affects how other people feel. teachers should discourage these kinds of hurtfulss, too. all children want to be treated fairly, but they don't always understand how to treat others the same way. how do you maintain fairness in your classroom? what do you say? what do you do? one way to teach fairness is to explain what a particular rule is to a child and how it applies to him as well as to others, emphasizing that his rights will be respected, too. for example, rather than simply saying, "there's no hitting," we can explain, "i won't let anyone hurt you, and i won't let you hurt anyone, either." we can also help children learn to respect others' personal privacy by insisting that children and teachers, too, have the child's permission before taking or handling a personal posseion. child: that doesn't go there, david. wom