My Daughter Stood up for a Classmate Being Bullied, School Involved. [View all]

[RiffRandell]

Last edited Sun Oct 12, 2014, 04:11 PM - Edit history (1)

She is 8 years old and in 3rd grade. We obviously raised our kids to be kind to everyone regardless of differences. She's a sensitive but tough kid...hardly ever cries when she gets hurt, but seeing others or animals hurt deeply affects her. We also taught them to stand up for kids that were being bullied.

Last week she told me about a classmate that acts "different" and a group of boys and girls make fun of him. I'm not a doctor, but after she described his behavior I would guess he might be on the Autism Spectrum.

She doesn't sit near him but was put in a group with him to do a project and because she was kind to him she said he has since always tries sitting with her at lunch, follows her around at recess so I explained he's probably not used to kids being nice to him; she doesn't need to change her routine but it would be nice if she would sit with him at lunch and play with him a couple days a week. She says she doesn't mind. I love my girl so damn much.

Last week she told one of the boys and the girls after they made some comments to him that they weren't being nice and they should stop. They didn't say anything back to her. She then told the teacher at the end of the day what has been going on...teacher thanked her for telling her.

I let a few days go by, asked her if anything changed; she said no. I emailed the teacher letting her know I know what has been going on; I'm concerned about this child and to please advise.

Yesterday, I received a call from one of the guidance counselors at school telling me the teacher forwarded my email, gc pulled my daughter out of class, spoke to her about it, she told them the details and named names. I don't like tattling but don't consider ratting out bullies tattling.

I asked how my daughter reacted and the counselor said she was shy at first but at the end seemed relieved. The counselor is going to generally speak to the class about bullying, and speak to the offenders individually. I'm sure the school needs to notify their parents, which I'm fine with.

I just don't want them taking it out on her, but if that happens I'll request a meeting with the parents of that kid immediately, which trust me...they wouldn't want that.

When she came home from school yesterday she was so happy and said, "Mom they are going to take care of the ****** bullying!" I told her about the call and said I was proud of her.

I really hope it gets resolved, and I like the way the school handled it.