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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can’t believe so many people are calling this bullying. This is why a lot of people don’t even take the term seriously anymore.

Look, kids do stupid sh*t. They do pranks. I’ve pranked people and I’ve been pranked. At their age they really don’t necessarily understand how a spur of the moment dreamed up joke-prank could be really hurtful but it’s not bullying. They aren’t thinking of the future feelings your daughter would feel. Teens don’t think ahead like that; it’s science. I mean come on. What are we teaching our kids? Every time they get hurt feelings let’s run to mommy who’s going to call everyone within a 20 mile radius?

You’re going to make her look stupid twice getting all these people involved. That is the honest to god truth. I agree with the posters that the best thing to do is laugh it off and rise above. I’ve been on teams were the other girls went I. My bag and did things with my underwear—like that’s humiliating for a preteen/teenage girl!! I didn’t cry to my mom and I sure as sh*t didn’t get the school involved. I laughed about it even though I was really embarrassed. I wasn’t excluded after that. I was still friends with the girls. I am still friends with them 20+ years later.[/quote]

And the mom of the prankster chimes in.  [/quote]

+100  It definitely seems from the posts that at least one of the "pranksters" or her mother has found this thread and is trying to prevent repercussions for her (and the others') bad acts by attacking other posters thinking that this will prevent OP from contacting the coach and principal.  The act OP describes rises well above prank and is definitely bullying. It needs to be reported and handled. If I were OP I would take the ferocity of the rebuttal comments into consideration because they certainly seem to point to a rising hostility level that needs to be quickly mitigated by the school.[/quote]

Agree. OP, you need to tell the school and the coach and don’t let the bully parents on this thread convince you to do otherwise. If you don’t tell the school orb coach what happened, you are not doing your part as a member of the team. You are hiding and protecting a really overtly cruel action.[/quote]

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