My thought process on bullying is this; Its overrated.
Sure, there are instances where it is wrong. Every single jibe by a child to another is not to be labled as bullying.
The whole anti-bullying movement, in my opinion, is right along the lines of every-child-gets-a-trophy philosophy, which is a wrong approach. Every child must earn a trophy and the best child should be recognized. The children that lose don’t get a trophy. They lost... they must try harder next time.
Thats called life.
Life sucks.
Life is cruel.
Life will chew you up and spit you out.
Wanna win at life? Want a trophy? Try hard. Work hard.
Now, even when we work hard, we might still lose. There are setbacks. There are cheaters. Those who cheat are wrong. They should be punished for cheating. But sometimes they are not and that is life. We must overcome anyway and continue forward.
Bullying and children jibing each other has been happening for 500,000 years. A “movement” is not going to stop it. A commercial with a bunch of celebrities cannot stop what children do and have been doing since the dawn of man. That “movement” only confirms the child’s victimhood.
I propose making the child stronger... to stand up to bullies... to laugh back at them instead. You’re not going to stop it. All playground taunting is not bullying. Some of it is just children being children. Children need a thick enough skin because, guess what.... life is not going to get any easier in the future.
Letting the child carry a My Little Pony bag is like throwing a steak into a pack of wild dogs. What do you think they will do?
Now, at this point, the parents need to say NO. Its not smart. If the child insists then warn that child... ‘you will be made fun of if you do that’.
Mabye the child is courageous and wants to do it knowing full well he will be made fun of. If so, I commend him. But if he does it knowing full well he will be made fun of then cries because he was made fun of, that’s tough luck.
People are mean, especially children. Its called ‘life’. Pick yourself up and keep going.
BTW I do not advocate picking on someone that cannot help their situation, like someone that is disabled. There should always be punishment for that. But every single “he hurt my feelings” is not grounds for a ‘movement’.
Oh, you wont believe this. Glenn Beck is now announcing he stands in SOLIDARITY with ‘bronies’ everywhere! He is actually putting My Little Pony stuff in his studio and behaving like a lib. Cannot believe people are still buying his crap.
This was a slightly more reasonable post. The whole everyone is a winner mantra is stupid.
Bullying kids who are different than the “cool” group is different.
Taunting I understand even though I would discourage my mis from doing it.
Getting physical with someone different is the mark of a total ahole.