tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post7543535548979226040..comments2023-10-17T06:59:53.759-04:00Comments on No Cookies For Me: Oh, bullying...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-16315659301783240062008-04-06T17:08:00.000-04:002008-04-06T17:08:00.000-04:00I never really was bullied so I can't say I know w...I never really was bullied so I can't say I know what it is like. However, I had friends who were and I felt a bit hopeless helping them. When I was younger (up until the 6-7 grade) I never really noticed bullying as my friends and I didn't do it nor were we bullied. We mostly just stayed to ourselves.<BR/><BR/>However, when I went to High School I had to make new friends and they were more of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-50617611674751680912008-04-03T18:22:00.000-04:002008-04-03T18:22:00.000-04:00Great. Add bullying to my list of things to worry ...Great. Add bullying to my list of things to worry about when the wee one gets old enough to experience it :p <BR/><BR/>I hope to be able to deal with it simply by talking to the other child's parents, but if they're learning it at home that route isn't going to work. I've heard that most schools, even when informed of the situation, tend not to take the situation seriously and will not take baby221https://www.blogger.com/profile/10728908487350684688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-62777085616425679852008-04-01T17:20:00.000-04:002008-04-01T17:20:00.000-04:00Thanks for the great comments everyone. b: I didn'...Thanks for the great comments everyone. <BR/><BR/>b: I didn't really mention it, I guess, but it sounds like <I>most</I> of my own experience with bullying was closer to yours than to the incident on the bus. I was sometimes physically assaulted, and I definitely had my books knocked out or my backpack stolen, that kind of thing. But, really, those things were <I>on top</I> of the torment that Rex Libris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13666188771524753584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-9125960615013949192008-04-01T13:29:00.000-04:002008-04-01T13:29:00.000-04:00Ha, what a timely post. I was just writing on one ...Ha, what a timely post. I was just writing on one of my online profiles yesterday how I don't like bullies (specifically overtly bitchy women).<BR/><BR/>I was bullied pretty badly from 8th through 11th grade, mostly by other girls. These experiences, for many years, made me uncomfortable identifying as a feminist because I honestly didn't like women too much. To this day, I feel more comfortable Blanche Debrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484378385483713933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-24090486381987371842008-03-31T12:48:00.000-04:002008-03-31T12:48:00.000-04:00What about when the bullying is coming from one's ...What about when the bullying is coming from one's own family? I have a friend who has been emotionally abused by her parents and siblings her entire life. They taunt her about everything but mostly her weight (she is NOT fat but they say she is). <BR/>She tells me stories about her childhood as though they are amusing anecdotes but I interpret them as horrying instances of abuse. The things Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-88152365107002511422008-03-29T06:10:00.000-04:002008-03-29T06:10:00.000-04:00I was bullied for all of secondary school (ages 12...I was bullied for all of secondary school (ages 12-16). It varied from random individuals who'd taunt me in class and around the school to bitchy friendship groups breaking up and reforming without me, using their knowledge of me to taunt and emotionally abuse me.<BR/><BR/>It's taken me a long time to get over it, and I still have some issues about my likeability. For a long time I feared I had Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-89255442095037114452008-03-28T08:35:00.000-04:002008-03-28T08:35:00.000-04:00I can identify with a lot of this. I got teased pr...I can identify with a lot of this. I got teased pretty badly through out school and never really fit in. I think I probably have awful self-esteem because of it!<BR/><BR/>I'm SO scared that people secretly don't like me. Even people I've been friends with for a long time who would have stopped talking to me and inviting me to their homes long ago if they truly disliked me.<BR/><BR/>I'm also EvilDolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12403772697272705727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-39911642879473146972008-03-28T06:44:00.000-04:002008-03-28T06:44:00.000-04:00I can relate to a lot of that.Hmmm. Yeah, boys at ...I can relate to a lot of that.<BR/>Hmmm. Yeah, boys at least have the metal lunchbox option, most of the time. Thinking of cutting retorts is much harder.butterflywingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16873407072604417252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-16306281362412813282008-03-27T19:09:00.000-04:002008-03-27T19:09:00.000-04:00I was bullied horrendously in middle school (thoug...I was bullied horrendously in middle school (though strangely not in elementary or high school) and it really affected me too. My bullying was more psychological...name calling, taunts, referencing my weight and physical appearance, etc. My ammo would have been a clever retort or two, which would not only effectively put my abuser in place but also repair a little of my dignity. However, I Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706093941404290049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-30631130416581096732008-03-27T10:30:00.000-04:002008-03-27T10:30:00.000-04:00"Now, obviously, I'm not suggesting that we arm ki..."Now, obviously, I'm not suggesting that we arm kids with metal lunchboxes and tell them to go to town on bullies."<BR/><BR/>Really? Because sometimes (and not only when I was a kid) I'd love to have a metal lunch box... <BR/><BR/>Bullying is terrible on boys - for all the reasons you mentioned. Because it does effect everyone in their adult lives, not just while the bullying is happening. For Radical Remindershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09155472776262393597noreply@blogger.com