Scolding over hug leaves hard feelings:

School officials are defending their decision to have a 5-year-old girl write a note of apology for hugging a classmate on a playground this week

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One girl picked another girl up and hugged her, which was considered roughhousing by a teacher’s aide, Masterson said.

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Brenda Brier, the mother of 5-year-old Savannah Marino, the girl who gave the hug, said officials at Greenwood Elementary School overreacted. Brier said she is upset that officials are trying to make the issue about safety.

”I want them to tell Savannah that it’s OK to hug. That’s all I want,” said Brier.

Love and peace! :(