My Daughter Stood up for a Classmate Being Bullied, School Involved.

[WinstonSmith4740]

38. Great kid you've got there!

Your pride is certainly justified. It's really tough for a child to stand up to this sort of thing, especially by herself. I do have one minor issue with your last line, though. I'm a high school teacher, and you should not have had to send that email to the teacher. She should have jumped on it immediately upon your daughter doing the right thing and gotten the guidance counselor involved the same day she heard about it. I just got through covering bullying & its relation to teen suicide last week. Bullying has been going on forever, but this generation has taken it to a new depth with the internet. Bullying is not only anti-social and a rotten thing to do, it's ILLEGAL. Bullies, regardless of age, are breaking the law, and that needs to be pointed out to the parents...especially if they try to retaliate against your daughter. I've heard too many parents try to slough this off as part of growing up, and they need to have the riot act read to them.

Congratulations on raising an awesome daughter!!