Saw this as a kid in the school yard.

That kids leg looked bad. Im thinking getting body slammed on cement like that gotta hurt.

At that age its down to parenting. Human decency.

that pisses me off

NYKBocker wrote:My oldest daughter was bullied in middle school.

I got targetted because of my height at the start of middle school. That didn't last long. My father's instructions were to never throw the first punch. That was it. I settled my business and had a great time after and especially in high school. So I love what the kid in the video did.

I feel terrible about when this happens to girls though. They have a much more difficult time because that intruction doens't work. And girls are just ruthless

SupremeCommander wrote:

firefly wrote:if I found out one of my kids were bullying someone, I would put a stop to that ish asap.

At that age its down to parenting. Human decency.

and that's the way it should be. My parents raised me to be decent. Once the hottest girl in school asked why I was friends with my friend. She basically implied I'd be in this great world if I forsake him. My repsonse was "because he's my friend."

Well, today, she's fat as hell and an ex-addict, dates this **** I used to play travelling basketball with (because his dad was the coach), and my good buddy is a doctor. And I've been able to count on him forever and a day. Karma's a bitch.

And in high school, I never sat at the "too cool for school" table. You know, the people that are so cool that they have no friends. Just a few confused people that are all consumed with their relative status. But me and my friends, we sat at literally every other table and were welcomed anywhere and everywhere. When we go home you'd think everyone wanted to sit at our table.

In large part because my parents raised me to have human decency.

So in a way your rebelling now. INstead of sticking with Danillo, Moz, Felton and Chandler you now leaving the table and going with the hot Crack head chick (melo) and the too cool for school followers (Jersey wearing Melo heads).

The hot chick could have rocked your world but instead you stuck with your buddy and had a life long friendship. Maybe Our young core of players could have also done the same?

Just kididng man, good story BTW!

Nalod wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:

firefly wrote:if I found out one of my kids were bullying someone, I would put a stop to that ish asap.

At that age its down to parenting. Human decency.

and that's the way it should be. My parents raised me to be decent. Once the hottest girl in school asked why I was friends with my friend. She basically implied I'd be in this great world if I forsake him. My repsonse was "because he's my friend."

Well, today, she's fat as hell and an ex-addict, dates this **** I used to play travelling basketball with (because his dad was the coach), and my good buddy is a doctor. And I've been able to count on him forever and a day. Karma's a bitch.

And in high school, I never sat at the "too cool for school" table. You know, the people that are so cool that they have no friends. Just a few confused people that are all consumed with their relative status. But me and my friends, we sat at literally every other table and were welcomed anywhere and everywhere. When we go home you'd think everyone wanted to sit at our table.

In large part because my parents raised me to have human decency.

So in a way your rebelling now. INstead of sticking with Danillo, Moz, Felton and Chandler you now leaving the table and going with the hot Crack head chick (melo) and the too cool for school followers (Jersey wearing Melo heads).

The hot chick could have rocked your world but instead you stuck with your buddy and had a life long friendship. Maybe Our young core of players could have also done the same?

Just kididng man, good story BTW!

well played

I called the school and arranged a meeting with the other studant and his parents. I was very upset over this and wanted my family to own up to it.

We decided they should each spend a day together on a saturday when they are busy with an activity they are really good at outside of school. This other boy flew (supervised) and aeroplane. Impressed the hell out of my son. My boy at the time was a nationally ranked ice hockey player.

They became really good friends after that.............It was a matter of mutual respect.

Not every kid has a special skill but they usually have some common ground somwhere. Maybe video games, tv show, like to read, sports team......something.

NYBocker, Glad your daughter is getting thru it. I don't understand when boys get involved in it but this "Cyberbulling" is a real mind phuch for sure. I hope it builds somthing special in her that helps her. I had something happen to me as a kid that really did help me and push my self esteem.

NYKBocker wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:My oldest daughter was bullied in middle school.

I got targetted because of my height at the start of middle school. That didn't last long. My father's instructions were to never throw the first punch. That was it. I settled my business and had a great time after and especially in high school. So I love what the kid in the video did.

I feel terrible about when this happens to girls though. They have a much more difficult time because that intruction doens't work. And girls are just ruthless

The torment my daughter went through I would not wish on my enemies. This girl was so jealous of my daughter due to sports(my daughter is a big girl) that when she picked on her she just kept on going. I always taught my daughter not to hit anyone because I was afraid of what damage she can do. Big mistake on my part. My daughter got really depressed and the girl had other students (boys) picking on my kid. From hitting her in the hallway to taking her sneakers and throwing it to the bleachers. She never told me. I just thought she was having a hard time. Her grades went down and she just became very closed out. Finally, I hacked into her myspace account and found that she was receiving cyber bullying as well and in the last message was a death threat. I immediately called the school and went to the police. This stopped all harrasment. The girl bullying my kid moved away. Thank god.

My 2nd kid, oldest boy, I tell him to not take crap from anybody. If they pick on him to hit them hard. I also tell him to stand up for other kids being bullied.

God, I hate this crap.