tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15391395251067357.post8661712426267623097..comments2023-08-23T07:25:44.599-04:00Comments on universal grit: Bully for You, Bully for MeDenisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462569218964784357noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15391395251067357.post-14478303689795582552010-03-23T16:23:31.882-04:002010-03-23T16:23:31.882-04:00Truly...it's something I think about often. I...Truly...it's something I think about often. I like to think I provide a loving home and teach my children to respect others. BUT...how can we be assured that providing those foundations are enough? I guess we can't. *sigh* We do our best, keep the lines of communication open and hope for the best.Corrienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15391395251067357.post-47254322751406197952010-03-15T21:28:35.654-04:002010-03-15T21:28:35.654-04:00Public eavesdropping is one of a writer's powe...Public eavesdropping is one of a writer's powerful inspirations! I assign it early on in my Creative Writing classes. And <br />Second City assigned it to your brother when he took a class there!Musingsdemommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203332371953323904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15391395251067357.post-62053802674239413592010-03-15T08:19:22.700-04:002010-03-15T08:19:22.700-04:00Dude, whether you are calling YOURSELF the MILF or...Dude, whether you are calling YOURSELF the MILF or the kids are, rock on witcher bad self, yo!<br /><br />I have kids in high school, middle school , elementary school and preschool and I see bullying at all levels- as a mom I guess I just feel like I can't take the bullies out of the world, I can only help my kids learn to deal with them. <br /><br />Honestly, judging from some of the high school conversations I hear regularly, those kids weren't that bad- sadly.marymachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456115911638132597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15391395251067357.post-13654559926279432772010-03-14T21:01:34.538-04:002010-03-14T21:01:34.538-04:00Thanks for the nice comments on my blog! JamieThanks for the nice comments on my blog! JamieJamiehttp://www.justanallamericangirl.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15391395251067357.post-51891941313356069162010-03-14T19:36:56.705-04:002010-03-14T19:36:56.705-04:00Thanks for bringing up such a great topic. I wasn...Thanks for bringing up such a great topic. I wasn't an angel when I was a young girl, but I never - I mean never would have thought about talking like that to someone or about someone.<br /><br />I understand you wanting to give them a piece of your mind. I feel that way often. Unfortunately, you were correct in suspecting what their response to that would have been.<br /><br />Since I don't have any answers to this social problem I will only say that for me and my husband, we try to do our small part by raising a child that is nothing like that.Jamiehttp://www.justanallamericangirl.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15391395251067357.post-70031361531353964822010-03-14T17:16:15.250-04:002010-03-14T17:16:15.250-04:00Again. . . .you have covered a topic that weighs s...Again. . . .you have covered a topic that weighs so greatly on the minds and hearts of parents. Bullying is something I pray I will not have to experience with my child, however it seems more rampant that any flu virus.<br /><br />You showed much more restraint with the teens on the train. Unfortunatley, I tend to wear my emotions so they would have been able to read my not so kind thoughts all over my face.<br /><br />Kudos to your class, restraint and for discussing such an important topic.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03043667198741492130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15391395251067357.post-59157311042522060012010-03-14T14:44:47.962-04:002010-03-14T14:44:47.962-04:00This is a hot topic these days. I worry both for ...This is a hot topic these days. I worry both for my own children, hoping I'm raising them "right", and for what they'll be exposed to. <br /><br />It's a parent's responsibility to give our kids the tools (and natural instinct, hopefully) to be respectful young people (and then adults). I also see that teachers are less involved with kids than before (at least at my kids' school) and children are asserting themselves more than ever, not always in positive ways.<br /><br />No easy solution. <br /><br />I would have cringed at those conversations on the train, too. Sheesh...CynthiaKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04960741754070312487noreply@blogger.com