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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP and I meant to add that the parents of these boys are perfectly happy with how they’re acting and there’s lots of talk about confidence or fake sympathy for boys who “can’t keep up with everyone else.” [/quote]

My kids grew up with two of the worst bullies in the area where I live. They were known for their horrible behavior throughout the city I live in. Teachers at schools they did not attend knew about them. I knew their mothers well. In both cases the parents greatest desire was that their kids be popular. The other most important thing to both of these parents was that they would rather their kids be bullies than get bullied. When one of the kids was bullying my kid and I talked to the mom, she explained to me that it was too bad because popular kids were mean. The dads wanted the kids to be mean. A lot of parents think that teaching their kids to be mean makes them bully proof.

Both of these kids were hot shots in sports in elementary and their parents thought they would both be big basketball and football stars. They were neither. They barely got in to unimpressive colleges and are washouts. They were vile to so many kids but, in general, kids sucked up to them throughout high school because of their popularity. They are nobodies now and have multiple alcohol and reckless speeding convictions. [/quote]

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