"We Don't Say Those Words in Class!"

I am 5’0 and that is pretty short for an adult. Most children are taller than I am or almost the same height as me. My friend and I were out and her son asked me “why are you so little if you are an adult”? My friend tapped her son and said what he said was not nice. I went on to explain to my friend that I was not offended by the question he asked and that children usually say whatever is on their mind. My friend then told me that she understand that but she want to teach her son that it is not good to point out if someone is different than they are.  I understood what lesson my friend was trying to teach her son and I do not believe she should of popped him, but reminded him of the what they have been discussing about people that look different. If an anti-bias educator would of witnessed this in her classroom she would of positively redirected the student and read a book to him about people whom may look different from the child.