Bullying

[Darth Biscuit]

Dpanther has a great point too... In high school my best friend was 6'4" about 245 and could bench press 450... So no one really wanted to mess with me.

[MadHatter]

We've been through bullying. For my son, it was physical. My daughter, it was words; spreading lies, being made fun of, setting her up to be humiliated, etc.

Tyler solved his by finally going batshit crazy on the guy and getting suspended for 3 days.

With Casey, OMG, let me just say middle school girls are the devil. It basically revolved around one certain girl. We've spent many an afternoon and night consoling my daughter. This girl really did a number on her. I had to hear my daughter say she just wanted to die several times. The mom was as bad as the daughter so no help there. We were to the point of putting Case in counseling. It stopped when Case finally started standing up for herself and developing more self esteem. But, that didn't happen until she hit a growth spurt, lost a bunch of weight, and ummm...developed.

I agree that teenage girls are 1,000X worse than boys. Boys may pick on you, but that can be dealt with by fighting back.

Girls deal in psychological warfare and are the devil. Cross the wrong group of girls and your life is hell.

[sunbunny]

Y'all wouldn't believe the poo this girl did to my daughter. As a parent, I felt helpless. There was only so much I could say to Case. She had to finally stand up for herself and call the girl on everything.

Here's a few examples of what this girl and her mom did to my daughter:

Her mother posted a horrible pic of Casey on FB and made fun of her. The pic was from a few years ago before Casey lost a bunch of weight. I told her to take it down and post a recent pic of my daughter. She didn't respond.

Made up a guy on FB and through texts. Made my daughter's life hell through this fake person. Even the night my brother was in the ER after a bad bike wreck, this girl kept on through this fake boy by saying he was going to commit suicide. So I'm at the hospital dealing with whether my bro will be able to see or not, and trying to console and deal with Case thinking her "friend" is going to kill himself. Even went so far as to tell my daughter (some of you may remember this) that the boy tried to commit suicide by slicing his throat. All of it was FAKE.

The girl also got her cousin involved and they'd call the house and call my daughter names and all kinds of stuff.

This stuff was going on at school, FB, texts, phone. It was never ending. She not only made my daughter's life hell, but our entire family's.

One minute she'd be my daughter's friend and the next turn on her. She is a lying, manipulative, psychotic bitch.

[Davidson Deac II]

I put my kid in Martial Arts about a year ago, primarily because he has such an easy going nature, that I was worried that he might be bullied. Now he is nearly 14 years old, 6 ft 3 inches and a 180lbs and is getting pretty good at the Martial arts stuff. He could be the bully if he wanted to. Fortunately, he has kept his easy going nature.

[Davidson Deac II]

Y'all wouldn't believe the poo this girl did to my daughter. As a parent, I felt helpless. There was only so much I could say to Case. She had to finally stand up for herself and call the girl on everything.

Here's a few examples of what this girl and her mom did to my daughter:

Her mother posted a horrible pic of Casey on FB and made fun of her. The pic was from a few years ago before Casey lost a bunch of weight. I told her to take it down and post a recent pic of my daughter. She didn't respond.

Made up a guy on FB and through texts. Made my daughter's life hell through this fake person. Even the night my brother was in the ER after a bad bike wreck, this girl kept on through this fake boy by saying he was going to commit suicide. So I'm at the hospital dealing with whether my bro will be able to see or not, and trying to console and deal with Case thinking her "friend" is going to kill himself. Even went so far as to tell my daughter (some of you may remember this) that the boy tried to commit suicide by slicing his throat. All of it was FAKE.

The girl also got her cousin involved and they'd call the house and call my daughter names and all kinds of stuff.

This stuff was going on at school, FB, texts, phone. It was never ending. She not only made my daughter's life hell, but our entire family's.

One minute she'd be my daughter's friend and the next turn on her. She is a lying, manipulative, psychotic bitch.

I have heard of situations like that. Don't know what I do, but the desire to go after the girls parents would be very strong, to the point where I might end up spending a night or two in jail. Fortunately, my son, while he has a facebook page, doesn't really care about it very much, and would likely just disable it if it ever became a problem.

[KillerKat]

Y'all wouldn't believe the poo this girl did to my daughter. As a parent, I felt helpless. There was only so much I could say to Case. She had to finally stand up for herself and call the girl on everything.

Here's a few examples of what this girl and her mom did to my daughter:

Her mother posted a horrible pic of Casey on FB and made fun of her. The pic was from a few years ago before Casey lost a bunch of weight. I told her to take it down and post a recent pic of my daughter. She didn't respond.

Made up a guy on FB and through texts. Made my daughter's life hell through this fake person. Even the night my brother was in the ER after a bad bike wreck, this girl kept on through this fake boy by saying he was going to commit suicide. So I'm at the hospital dealing with whether my bro will be able to see or not, and trying to console and deal with Case thinking her "friend" is going to kill himself. Even went so far as to tell my daughter (some of you may remember this) that the boy tried to commit suicide by slicing his throat. All of it was FAKE.

The girl also got her cousin involved and they'd call the house and call my daughter names and all kinds of stuff.

This stuff was going on at school, FB, texts, phone. It was never ending. She not only made my daughter's life hell, but our entire family's.

One minute she'd be my daughter's friend and the next turn on her. She is a lying, manipulative, psychotic bitch.

you should've reported to FB

[sunbunny]

Believe me, I wanted to strangle the mom. We thought once this girl moved to another county things would cool off and get better, but it got ten times worse.

[sunbunny]

you should've reported to FB

We did and 3 of her accounts were deleted or whatever FB does to them. This girl lied to my face about the fake boy. I even showed her proof that the pics were taken from sites and she still lied and told me he was a model or some crap. I'm telling ya, this girl is completely psychotic.

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

I used to get mad bullied, but probably because I was a major dick.

I got beat the sh*t out of me by the school's starting running back that was about 3 times bigger than me, as well as 3 of the school's basketball team players.

Damn though, I deserved it. I used to mess with them all the time, made myself think I had balls until they knocked me the f*ck out.

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

Oh and bullying is bad!! It's the verbal sh*t that does it too. The physical stuff is never that bad and it can be fixed, but the verbal abuse stings.

I was the kid that everyone called gay for years and years. It drove me to be homophobic for a while, because I was so tired of people calling me something I wasn't, that I took my anger out on the gays and my views on the gays.

But the only way to stop bullying is to join in with it. When someone calls you fat, make a joke about it. "I'm not fat, I'm fluffy." Or answering "only for you, baby" to someone calling you gay.

F*ck bullying though, it really does suck. I can't imagine how terrible it is for individuals who aren't mentally strong.

[CatofWar]

Yeah, tell that to a fuging child.

[chef17]

Excuse my ignorance, but how do you get bullied through facebook? Isn't that the whole point of the block feature?

[mav1234]

the fact is that bullying today is VERY different from when I was growing up. yeah, I got teased in school and on the bus, but my home was a safe haven, I could get away from it and I knew that it wasn't something that would be there my entire life. These days, with texting and facebook and poo... it isn't. The reality is that a bully can now reach right into the home, a previously safe haven... and it isn't just about parents not doing their jobs. You have to police the hell out of a kid to watch every text message and facebook post they get... but even so, I think the vast majority of kids today who get teased don't try to kill themselves despite that... but man, it is totally different than when I was growing up and that was only a couple decades ago.

[mav1234]

Excuse my ignorance, but how do you get bullied through facebook? Isn't that the whole point of the block feature?

Not that simple - yes you can block people on various stuff but they can also make fake accounts, get friends to do it, etc. I have a younger family member who was being bullied by a small group of boys at school and it was pretty ridiculous the lengths they went to.