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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 316886" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>That is so much better than what we went through. It's really good for difficult child to take action (tell someone) and get a positive result (bullying ends, bullies apologise) even in part.</p><p></p><p>In difficult child 3's case, we called the police when it got to the blood stage. The photos really are spectacular. And although I know just about all the parents, only one of them apologised on behalf of her son, and even that was because I had to deal with her the next day (she was the local doctor's receptionist). I hadn't even known that it was her son that was involved. But none of the kids apologised, plus difficult child 3 was too scared to leave the house for weeks. Ironically, it was the same weeks where these other kids were grounded, difficult child 3 could have gone out in safety.</p><p></p><p>I wanted to set up a mediation session, to somehow explain to these kids that beating up on difficult child 3 was no glory, because he was no threat and not really capable of fending for himself. I thought communication and information would have been the better way to go, but the police felt it was an isolated incident and so not worth fussing. Trouble is, it had been happening for ages and was NOT an isolated incident. These kids get older and become bigger problems if there is no earlier intervention.</p><p></p><p>The same kids in our village have also been attacking a couple of older men in the community. One bloke is disabled physically and mentally, although totally harmless. The kids were taunting him and hassling him, luckily a neighbour saw it and not only stopped them but she spoke to the kids and made it clear - the man is NOT to be a target because he simply can't handle it, it's not fair. But the kids can look out for him and help keep him safe. Since then, the man hasn't been hassled by these kids.</p><p></p><p>Such a shame when this sort of stuff happens, because this disabled man is the son of a man who did a lot of good for people in the community. His son would go around with him when he was helping other people, visiting people in hospital or any other activity. When the father died we all pulled together to keep an eye on the son who now has to live alone (and barely copes). The town owes a debt of gratitude to that family, and for the man to be attacked is such a sad incidtment on society in general.</p><p></p><p>It's cowardice, really. As is cyberbullying. It follows you home to where you live, you can't get away from it. Really nasty stuff.</p><p></p><p>The school claims they can't do anything about it - that depends on when the video was shot. If it was shot on school premises or during school hours, or even if the video was filmed while the kids are on the way home from school, then it is the school's problem also.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 316886, member: 1991"] That is so much better than what we went through. It's really good for difficult child to take action (tell someone) and get a positive result (bullying ends, bullies apologise) even in part. In difficult child 3's case, we called the police when it got to the blood stage. The photos really are spectacular. And although I know just about all the parents, only one of them apologised on behalf of her son, and even that was because I had to deal with her the next day (she was the local doctor's receptionist). I hadn't even known that it was her son that was involved. But none of the kids apologised, plus difficult child 3 was too scared to leave the house for weeks. Ironically, it was the same weeks where these other kids were grounded, difficult child 3 could have gone out in safety. I wanted to set up a mediation session, to somehow explain to these kids that beating up on difficult child 3 was no glory, because he was no threat and not really capable of fending for himself. I thought communication and information would have been the better way to go, but the police felt it was an isolated incident and so not worth fussing. Trouble is, it had been happening for ages and was NOT an isolated incident. These kids get older and become bigger problems if there is no earlier intervention. The same kids in our village have also been attacking a couple of older men in the community. One bloke is disabled physically and mentally, although totally harmless. The kids were taunting him and hassling him, luckily a neighbour saw it and not only stopped them but she spoke to the kids and made it clear - the man is NOT to be a target because he simply can't handle it, it's not fair. But the kids can look out for him and help keep him safe. Since then, the man hasn't been hassled by these kids. Such a shame when this sort of stuff happens, because this disabled man is the son of a man who did a lot of good for people in the community. His son would go around with him when he was helping other people, visiting people in hospital or any other activity. When the father died we all pulled together to keep an eye on the son who now has to live alone (and barely copes). The town owes a debt of gratitude to that family, and for the man to be attacked is such a sad incidtment on society in general. It's cowardice, really. As is cyberbullying. It follows you home to where you live, you can't get away from it. Really nasty stuff. The school claims they can't do anything about it - that depends on when the video was shot. If it was shot on school premises or during school hours, or even if the video was filmed while the kids are on the way home from school, then it is the school's problem also. Marg [/QUOTE]
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