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[quote=Anonymous]It’s kind of wild wading through all these unkind responses to OP on a thread about bullying.

I have no idea what OP should do, but I think she’s trying to work through it. I don’t think any of this means she’s a bad parent. Peers are often far more influential than parents at this age, and the child was away at camp, where OP had no oversight. Further, her child had no parent to turn to. I think a truly crappy parent would shrug it off and blame the main bully, absolving the child of any responsibility.

But, for me, I would want to understand my kid’s motivation here: peer pressure, meanness, etc. It would help me figure out the best way forward. If it’s really that the child has no empathy, I would engage a professional to help sort it out. I’m not equipped to deal with that. If she just stood uncomfortably by, that is a little different. It can be hard to know what to do in those situations. Kids can be really dumb and we take for granted that they know what to do. [/quote]

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