[wintertime]

Basic reality: Kids are cruel to any other child that deviates from the boilerplate, be it weight, nerdiness or the fact that they’re a frigging cross dresser.

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Government schools resemble, in many ways, prisons. Is it any wonder that we see prison social pathology (bullying) emerge within these students? I don’t think so.

Solution: Do not institutionalize your child. Homeschool if you possibly can. If you must use institutionalized education, look for a **small** private school.

[Gabz]

jack_napier: Basic reality: Kids are cruel to any other child that deviates from the boilerplate, be it weight, nerdiness or the fact that they’re a frigging cross dresser.

wintertime: Solution: Do not institutionalize your child. Homeschool if you possibly can. If you must use institutionalized education, look for a **small** private school.

Guess what? Bullying can, and often does, occur in any setting where there is more than one child.

I spent 12 years in small private schools and guess what? Bullying occurred even there and that was back in the 60s and 70s.

The idea of bullying is NOT confined to public schools----but you knew that - it just doesn't fit your agenda and therefore you are unable to bring yourself to state it.