Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Tweens and Teens
Reply to "If you were a mean middle schooler way back when...why?"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous]OP - I totally get the impulse to ask “why”. How do kids do such awful things? But honestly, I think the most important thing you can do is to work on your own child. Bullies seem to pick up on weaknesses and understand how to manipulate the desire to belong that is the hallmark of middle school. Do the best you can to build your own kid’s self esteem. My DD went through an awful couple of months where her bestie was just a mess and hurt my kid terribly as she denigrated my daughter to gain acceptance into a new social clique. We talked to my daughter a lot about “it’s not you - you are awesome.” My kid found new groups to hang with. Former BFF still occasionally says cutting things but my DD doesn’t care and doesn’t notice much of the time. She told me matter of factly the other day, “she has nothing I want”. Sometimes being in a big school is good for some things. [/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
