What is wrong with you? You described an incident of bullying, and used it as an example of how this kid should learn to deal with it like your mil did. Now you’re saying that she had to learn how to deal with her siblings playing with her? Well I guess I’m just too stupid to understand what is so bad about being played with, liked, and treated like an equal.
It was NOT bullying. That's a PC term. They were having a snowball fight and included her. When she whined her Father told her to fight back. It was a lesson that she needed to survive in the world. Bullying had NOTHING to do with it. She learned that she COULD do what her siblings did. Today that wouldn't happen. Her parents would be weeping about "bullying" and how cruel her brothers and sisters were. THAT was my point!
and treated like an equal.
She was and you're trying to paint it as being bullied.
In 1916 there was no PC crap. Did her siblings protect her? You bet! She died at the age of 88. Her sister was told to "take care of the baby" by their parents. Her sister died shortly after at age 103. She couldn't die until the "baby" did even though the "baby" had married, had children and taught school. The "baby" was never bullied. She was allowed to grow and flourish. She was NOT coddled. Almost 100 years later and PC stupidity flourishes and common sense has died.
My MiL saw herself as capable even though she had disabilities because her family treated her the way they did.
Where does it say this child in the picture felt that he wasn’t included?