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Being Bullied
Beth
KidzPost Kids; KidzPost Advisor
Bullying
Dear Beth:
There is this bully in our neighborhood and he always messes with us when my friends and I are playing and we always handle him. But we don’t want to bring our parents into this mess. Please help!
Being Bullied
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Tue 11/16/2010 1:40 PM
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Being Bullied
RE: Bullying
Dear Being Bullied:
I understand your frustration and I understand why you don’t want to tell your parents, but they deserve to know. Even if you don’t tell your parents you should tell another adult, especially if the bully is physically hurting you. Write back and let us know what you tried and if it worked.
I passed your email on to the KidzPost advisor and kids to get their comments.
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RE: Bullying
Dear Being Bullied:
We wondered if you don’t want to tell your parents because you think they will get mad and make things worse? Sometimes parents don’t understand how kids interact. We think you should go to an adult that you can trust to handle the situation so the bully doesn’t come back and hurt you more because he or she got in trouble.
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Being Bullied
RE: Bullying
Dear Being Bullied:
It is really important someone helps you figure out how to handle this so the problem goes away. When anger builds up in someone after a while it explodes. Anger can build up in the people being bullied as well as in the bully. Everyone would be really sad if you got hurt by the bully. It would also be really unfair if you got in trouble because you couldn’t hold your anger anymore and lashed out at the bully.
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Please write in what you think Being Bullied should do. And thank you for writing in your ideas about the kidundrum in our last issue. Most people agreed that it is not good to assume or jump to conclusion; rather it is better to take initiative to either ask politely to join in or ask your friend what is going on. See below for the problem and your comments.
Today at school my friend promised to play a game with me at recess, but then didn’t play with me! I saw her playing with two of my other friends. What should I do?
Maybe something is going on or she just forgot. Don’t just jump to conclusions and think they don’t like you. Talk to your friend and find out what is going on.
•I think the problem you described happens to a lot of kids……
I think the problem you described happens to a lot of kids……•I think it is not a big problem….because the person could play with someone else or join that group. A Kidundrum (I had) is when I was in second grade no one played with me, so I started my own group.
I think it is not a big problem….because the person could play with someone else or join that group. A Kidundrum (I had) is when I was in second grade no one played with me, so I started my own group.•The way the kid could have solved their kidundrum was to just walk up to the friend and say “Hi…can I please play with you?” Be a friend, not an assumer, because that’s the fastest way you can lose a friend.
The way the kid could have solved their kidundrum was to just walk up to the friend and say “Hi…can I please play with you?” Be a friend, not an assumer, because that’s the fastest way you can lose a friend.•I don’t think it’s such a big problem because you can hang out and play with your friend and the other person. They also have the option to do what you said. I also have been in this situation so I did what I wrote…
I don’t think it’s such a big problem because you can hang out and play with your friend and the other person. They also have the option to do what you said. I also have been in this situation so I did what I wrote…•The problem you described was sad, but it happens to a lot of people. I think that the person who had that problem should have done exactly what you said… I wouldn’t jump to conclusions like she did because she thought they didn’t like her.
The problem you described was sad, but it happens to a lot of people. I think that the person who had that problem should have done exactly what you said… I wouldn’t jump to conclusions like she did because she thought they didn’t like her.
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