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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Biff Tannen style bullying has gone down a lot. On the other hand Regina George bullying has gone up, and many of them figure out how to use the anti-bullying as a weapon, as well as therapy speak, anti-racism speak, etc. [/quote]

+100000 Nailed it.[/quote]

I agree too. They have learned how to weaponize the right phrases as tools for bullying. I do think parents and the adults in charge can be life changers. One of my kids is on the spectrum and the parents who are the most open minded and genuinely kind are the ones having their kids look out for him. There have been teachers who caught any bullying right away and found ways to turn things around and even have the bully be protective of my kid.

Then there are the others. The mom you were friends with and now her kid wants to be cool and is the first to target yours. She gets a call about an incident and rather than being mortified her kid bullied she wants you, the mother of the target, to help defend her kid. There is the teacher who wants to be liked by the kids or is oblivious or finds your and annoying who does nothing even when it happens to right in front of them.

My other child has a much easier time socially, but I have found myself drifting from the mothers of some of her friends when I hear how obsessed they are with social status and how critical they are of others. If I found out my daughter either joined in mean girl behavior or was a bystander there would be consequences. I can't control how everyone else behaves, but I am not raising someone either actively or passively dehumanizes another person.[/quote]

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