http://www.blisstree.com/articles/bullying-119/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:36:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/bullying-119/comment-page-1/#comment-78448 Sarah Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:17:09 +0000 http://www.wearyparent.com/bullying/#comment-78448 I'm sorry, but I find it absolutely ridiculous to say that it's only bullying when the person is emotionally or physically weaker than the bully, or that they are unable to defend themselves. My daughter is overweight, and she is constantly made fun of. She's been ganged up on, had a fight started, and has come home in tears. It even got to the point where she couldn't concentrate on her schoolwork DURING class. She's thirteen. But she is able to defend herself, and over time she's grown more of a hard outer shell so the hateful babble doesn't penetrate her heart. Now she can defend herself. Did that make the kids stop? No, it just made them try harder. So if you're telling me that it was only bullying when she was unable to defend herself, I'm telling you that you need to remove your head from the clouds and see what's right in front of you. I’m sorry, but I find it absolutely ridiculous to say that it’s only bullying when the person is emotionally or physically weaker than the bully, or that they are unable to defend themselves. My daughter is overweight, and she is constantly made fun of. She’s been ganged up on, had a fight started, and has come home in tears. It even got to the point where she couldn’t concentrate on her schoolwork DURING class.
She’s thirteen.
But she is able to defend herself, and over time she’s grown more of a hard outer shell so the hateful babble doesn’t penetrate her heart. Now she can defend herself. Did that make the kids stop? No, it just made them try harder.
So if you’re telling me that it was only bullying when she was unable to defend herself, I’m telling you that you need to remove your head from the clouds and see what’s right in front of you.

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/bullying-119/comment-page-1/#comment-77388 Lori aka "is it just me" Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:16:44 +0000 http://www.wearyparent.com/bullying/#comment-77388 I was just talking about bullying this morning. As the mother of one of the smallest kids in the freshman class and it being his first year in the high school, I am VERY worried he may get bullied. My sister-in-law reminded me of many schools' "no tolerance" policies on bullying these days and that hopefully they do monitor that. Already the first day of school I was asking, "did you have any trouble with the upper classmen that are in your classes?" because I want know about it right away. But I think he is well liked and has friends that are sophmores and I think even a couple juniors so I think that will help him from being isolated as someone who could be an easy target. I was just talking about bullying this morning. As the mother of one of the smallest kids in the freshman class and it being his first year in the high school, I am VERY worried he may get bullied. My sister-in-law reminded me of many schools’ “no tolerance” policies on bullying these days and that hopefully they do monitor that. Already the first day of school I was asking, “did you have any trouble with the upper classmen that are in your classes?” because I want know about it right away. But I think he is well liked and has friends that are sophmores and I think even a couple juniors so I think that will help him from being isolated as someone who could be an easy target.

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