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Thanks for posting this! When my sister was 15 she started an anti-bullying group in her school with support from the school psychologist and guidance counselors. They did things like give kids tips on how not to become a target, had a support group for kids that were bullied, and even had a "buddy system" for some of the kids to walk to and from school and to classes together. Our local news network even ran a story on her. Lemme tell u, I was proud beyond belief! Now she's finishing her last year of community college and getting ready to go into the police academy (she's already an auxillary in her town). When I asked her years ago why she wanted to be a cop, without hesitating she told me "I just can't stand the thought of someone being afraid and abused and I want to help them not feel that way" I believe she was 10 when she made this declaration lol!
 
Great article. I grew up a quiet skinny kid (but with a short fuse). It just took one fight in elementary, one in middle, and one in high school and there was no more static.

My son now is very much the same except 2x my size. When I've complemented him on punching another kid who'd been bullying him my wife has been horrified. She's got that idea that the other kid is a bully because they've been bullied too and that more violence isn't the answer.

My reply to here is that it's not up to our son to help or treat or cure this other kid. It's up to him to defend himself and to know that if he does I've got his back. Off to Facebook we go to ruffle some feathers.
 
The sad part of the story is kids in 2016 have potential problems to deal with that were never heard of in the 1950's, and 1960's when I was growing up.

Senator John McCain's wife Cindy Hensley McCain does a lot of work trying to stop the human trafficking of underage girls in in Arizona, throughout the United States and around the world.

https://www.mccaininstitute.org/family/cindy-mccain

Too bad some people do not allow children to live their lives as children.
 
Great article. Thanks for preparing this. I passed it along to my daughter, a mother of 2 small boys.

--Larry
 
Nice read Mr. E. Times have changed since I was younger. If someone had a problem at school ,kids could at least get a break back in my days. Not so now with the internet and I really feel sorry for some kids . In my day if you had a problem you met the kid after school and handled it . Had one time my parents and the other kids parents met up me and the other boy handled out differences then all was well , parents made a little event out of it...Times have changed


I have a family member that their kid was bring bullied in public school. Family went to the school and even to the other kids parents about the issue and basically the schools response was kids will be kids.

Well my family members kid took it and took it and they tried every way to get the parents or the school to put a stop to the bullying.

Family member received a call from the school a few months later that my family member had been in a fight and the police had been called. My family member eventually put a stop to their bully ,but afterwards the bullies parents threatened legal action etc.

It was eventually thrown out after all was brought to life about the hell my family member had been living in for months. The bully eventually went back to their old ways snd ended up striking a teacher at the school. Come to find out the kids dad had just gotten killed in an accident and it was just the bully and one parent ,the one parent worked all the time and was a single parent and the bully I guess was just acting out. Sad situation on all parts as kids deserve to be kids and not deal with this kind of crap
 
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