• devil_d0c@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Honestly, my heart goes out to the kid. I had some very “weird” (read: abusive) parents growing up, and I suppose that was about the age I figured it out.

    Mine would make up medical problems and constantly pull me out of class and lied to me about not having a middle name for years and years before we went to live with my older brother at 16 (little bro came too, he was 14).

    Circa 2004ish I tried to reach out to my HS counselor about being bullied. She offered to do mediation between me and the bully, that made things much worse.

    • Neuromancer@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Same here.

      I’ve always heard the argument it’ll toughen them up. I just think it’s abusive.

      I know we can’t make a life free of bullying but we should try to minimize it.