Or they may be subject to name-calling or teasing because of it. Ensure that they too have effective responses, along the lines set out above. Dealing with comments from other pupils You and your colleagues have a key role in preventing your pupil's unusual appearance from becoming a focus for other pupils. Eg 'Harjit's got a haemangioma. It's a kind of birthmark.
Most people have a birthmark somewhere.
Mine's on my back. Or, 'Tracy got her scar in an accident. Or, 'That's just the way Craig's skull is. Thus the child will progress from being curious about 'that thing on his face' to being aware that they too have some thing surprisingly similar, or satisfyingly special. There is clearly a crucial distinction to be made between the initial surprise, concern and curiosity which everyone is likely to feel about someone who is disfigured, and the kind of persistent or intrusive questioning or comments or avoidance which are inappropriate, unkind or rude.