heartbreaking arth ping
The problem is the parents don’t teach the kids to respect others, especially those who are handicapped. My parents did and it became inconceivable to me to ever bully someone.
Sad story. Kids are cruel naturally and in a post-Christian U.S. they’ve become little monsters.
So, did a manly adult grab them by the back of the neck and made them apologize and make friends?
Stuff like this is due to two generations of feminizing males.. My Dad (and likely yours) would have told us to suck it up and understand that kids are cruel “Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names will never hurt you.” etc.. And if actually bullied (physically) by insurmountable odds, likely our dads would have done something about it, rather than breaking down and crying.
Plus, if the kid is really all that fragile, another good reason to homeschool.
Why is this a news story? Send the kid to the local gym or dojo to learn boxing, karate or judo. That will teach him equanimity to brush off meaningless insults and the capability to kick ass when necessary.
There is a reason there used to be special homes and special schools for special kids. To protect them from the general public.
I’m glad I raised my kids right. I am perfectly confident that both my kids would have intervened on the side of this kid. My boy has a lot of friends so he probably would have formed a “posse” to take on these bullies. My daughter would have just verbally assaulted them.
There are people out there who are "monsters" on the inside and my daughter and this child are not the monsters in the world.
And teachers and administrators do absolutely nothing. In fact, most times they side with the bullies. Because they are also liberal bullies
but if its some shy, withdrawn little kid...forget it....it just doesn't get the press...
I found way too many school administers and teachers to be quite shallow......
This is what happens in a post-Christian nation. When we do not teach our children the way to live as God’s children, Satan teaches our children to do his evil deeds.
I remember a kid named Chuck who had this condition.We were 12 and he was going through a door at school and this little bitch(teresa) kicked a door open that smashed into him making him drop his thermos and breaking it.Chuck went to pieces over the thermos being broken.I felt so bad for him I gave him mine as they were the same.The look on his face with the tears is etched in my mind till this day.I always stood up for those that were bullied.Later in school I was a bullys’ worst nightmare in high school. I like to think I made a difference.
Hi Morgana. I wonder if the school has a Best Buddy program (both my daughters did it). Essentially, it hand selects the nicer kids in 4th and 5th grades to volunteer in the special needs classes during recess. Both my daughters got so much out of the program and learned patience with respect to those with challenges. The reason I think it is successful is that the kids socialize; thus, it becomes “normal”. Both were even invited and attended birthday parties. Okay... the downside. Daughter #1 did have a discussion with her principal after guilt talking one of the bully boys.... which didn’t work. Thus, her reaction was to ridicule his hair line and asked if his “daddy” knew where he lived. (read between the lines here). The principal gave her no punishment and I rewarded her with a trip to IHOP and a manicure. :)
The dad has some problems, too. One is emotional maturity and another is that he has his kid in public school. If he actually cared about the boy he would home school him.
Heck, ‘monster’ is tame when I was growing up.
Now for the other side of the coin so to speak. Kids with special needs including disabilities really do need special education schools where they can receive all the help they need and it makes a very huge difference in many lives.
I had and still have poor motor coordination due to Inner Ear Damage from likely birth or sinus allergies. I'm also functionally single eyed vision. I spent my 7th and 8th grade in a special education school which was equipped with a fully equipped and staffed Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy Departments, and even counselors who helped the kids reach their maximum potential. They handled everything from Polio, MD, Autism, deafness, Open Spine, legally blind, they handled it all and helped the kids. The bullying as they call it didn't happen there because all kids had problems to overcome.
This was a pooled several county funded school and had a shorter teaching and operational schedule due to transportation issues among other things. I credit it with giving me the adaptability so when I was 19 I enlisted in the Navy and later the Army Guards. One student became a highway patrolman. I had nearly 20 productive years in the workforce I would not have possibly had. The teachers had a gift to help. Mainstreaming has been a huge mistake often turning valuable education time into a daycare to warehouse kids who can not adapt to regular classroom environment.
Most important lesson I learned there was look beyond the persons disability into their character and the person they are. Later when I was 28 my girlfriend when we were dating became a quadriplegic in a matter of minutes. I could accept it and my feeling for her were not changed. We had a good almost 30 year marriage afterward till her body gave out and GOD called her home.