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[quote=Anonymous]I was a follower - was not mean myself - but I had some mean friends in middle school that I parted ways with in HS.  I'm in my 50s now and when I occasionally run into old home town friends as I did this past Christmas they ask if I'm still in touch with so-and-so mean kid - and when I say no they let loose on their painful memories from 35 years ago.  The lifetime of pain "mean" people inflict is amazing and incredibly sad to me.  Just knowing I'm associated with it all makes me feel uncomfortable and guilty when it's brought up.    I am still FB friends with a lot of the mean kids from back in the day  and I feel pretty confident that a few of them - the worst ones - are definitely still mean and raised their kids to be mean as well.  Putting others down lifted them somehow and the pattern continues.  You definitely don't need to beat people up or name call explicitly to be a bully - in most cases its the subtle exclusionary gestures, jabs and snickers that are just as uncomfortable and cruel.  How you are treated as a child can impact your confidence and self esteem for a lifetime.  Bullies should be called out, counseled and educated early on about the impacts of their actions.  And those on the receiving end should - in my opinion - be taught that these kids are the flawed ones with the problems and should be pitied and ignored.    [/quote]

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