How are you supposed to respond to school bullies? The advice «fight back» or «just ignore it» is often touted as a solution, but I don’t think either is effective for ending verbal harassment. When kids teased me in school, I gave them neutral-one-word responses like «cool» or «okay.» They wanted to get a rise …
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14-year-old pulls out classmates feeding tube, principal asks victim to apologize or be suspended for 2 weeks for defending herself: ‘Just suspend me for the 2 weeks’
How are you supposed to respond to school bullies? The advice «fight back» or «just ignore it» is often touted as a solution, but I don’t think either is effective for ending verbal harassment. When kids teased me in school, I gave them neutral-one-word responses like «cool» or «okay.» They wanted to get a rise …
Seguir leyendo 14-year-old pulls out classmates feeding tube, principal asks victim to apologize or be suspended for 2 weeks for defending herself: ‘Just suspend me for the 2 weeks’
Parents refuse to call 15-year-old daughter by her middle name after unusual first name prompted bullying: ‘They claimed that I’d always be bullied…and a name change wouldn’t prevent anything’
As parents, there aren’t many ways to ensure that your kid doesn’t get bullied. Chances are, every child will be the victim of some sort of harassment from their peers at some point, so it’s good to set them up for success so it doesn’t become an insurmountable problem for them. I’d say the #1 …
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‘Being a nerd’: 15+ Supposedly stigmatized behaviors that are actually no big deal
I used to fear that I would be made fun of for having curly hair. It made me feel different, since very few people in my grade growing up had similar hair as me. Looking back on it, I think a lot of that fear was self-consciousness. Kids will indeed bully you for things you …
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Bully throws his coworkers book into a full mop bucket, blames her for ignoring him: ‘I should’ve known the risks [of] bringing a book to work’
Once you become an adult, you’re usually not exposed to straight-up bullying as much as you were as a child. Kids have so little control over where they spend their time. If their fellow students are harassing them, it’s not like they can just leave that situation. Sure, some kids leave schools because they’re being …
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‘I did his homework and now he wants to buy me a house’: Businessman reaches out to former classmate, offering her a house as payment for doing all his homework in high school
This story sounds like such a fairytale story, like one of those stories you always wish would happen to you when you think about different life scenarios before you fall asleep at night. The original poster of this Reddit story (OP) started out by talking about her experience in high school. She had a disability …
Seguir leyendo ‘I did his homework and now he wants to buy me a house’: Businessman reaches out to former classmate, offering her a house as payment for doing all his homework in high school
Sad Horse Gets Bullied By His Fellow Horses, Gets Rescued By a Farm With Nice Horses
I hate to see animals sad, and I’m not alone. There is an entire cinematic industry predicated on the idea that people will pay good money to watch a tragic animal become happy over 90 minutes. This trope is demonstrated in «boy and his dog movies» and «girl and her horse movies,» which have existed …
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Hater Tries to Bully Wholesome Small Business Owner, Gets Schooled by the Rest of Twitter
I know I’m not alone when I say that one of the things I hate most about internet culture is how relentlessly mean it can be. At the first sign of controversy, it repeatedly stamps on the fine line between legitimate criticism and bullying. While I’d like to think most people who display these behaviors …
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‘I think you should go to the back of the line’: Woman wins petty encounter with her high school bully
This woman is moving on from all her school drama. As the OP, u/tryingclosetomybest, shared to r/pettyrevenge, she finally got the last laugh with a man who bullied her all throughout high school. Bullies can make life incredibly challenging for any young person, especially during their formative years. In school, it’s easy for kids to …
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Dude Chooses Brother’s Middle School Bully as His Best Man Over His Brother
Choosing your Best Man or Maid of Honor is a complicated decision. I’ve always thought choosing your sibling is the safest choice because you don’t have to decide which of your friends you trust the most. But at the end of the day, it’s your wedding. You should be able to choose who you want …
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