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Parents writing about “Bullying”

You don’t need anyone telling you that there are challenges in parenting tweens and teens. And if this is your first child to reach this stage of development, you may be feeling totally clueless! (Of course, even if you’ve been here before, chances are that your second or third child is unlike the other(s), so there goes some of might have worked before!)

I’ve been responding to parents’ emails since 1997. Perhaps my answers to their questions will help to you. I hope so!

Bullying

Letters 1 to 19 of 19

	TITLE	FROM
“I can't help it if I have breasts and they don't!”		Embarrassed
“I'm afraid I'm going to get beaten up.”		Brunnie
“That's just what my mom said!”		Karate Kid
“Why should they care if my bf is younger?”		Baffled
“What can you do when people just stop talking to you?”		Very Confused and Lonely
“My friend posted really nasty things about me on her site.”		Dazzling Dina
“My cousin hates school because the other girls don't include her.”		Concerned Cuz
“I don't know why they hate me.”		Hurting
“They keep teasing me.”		Enough Already
“My friend dug her nails into my skin.”		Help
“My brother and stepbrother aren't nice to me.”		Left With No One
“My sister is hitting me and my parents don't care.”		Bruised
“I'm teased at school and all my mom says is 'Ignore them.'”		Still Screaming
“People are making fun of me.”		Tired of being made fun of
“My ex-girlfriends are now bullying me.”		Losing it
“They said I was gay.”		Desperate
“I'm deaf, not stupid!”		Rejected
“My friend yelled at me in front of the whole class!”		Cry Baby

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