[blindkid] Bullying the blind

Arielle Silverman arielle71 at gmail.com
Thu Apr 11 01:11:31 UTC 2013


Peeping on someone in the toilet is an awful thing to do, regardless
of whether the victim is blind or not. I'm glad the principal and the
child's mom took it seriously.
Arielle

On 4/10/13, Julie Yanez <jyanez112 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am very pro active in my daughter's life. I like to know her friends and
> the parents of those friends. I also happen to know this parent as well. I
> volunteer as often as possible for school function and events. I have also
> been told that I come off a bit intimidating because I'm covered in
> tattoos. I always figured that if kids know I'm her mom, they are less
> likely to be mean since they don't know when I'll be on campus next. I
> guess I'm due for another school volunteer day.
> I was also told by this other parent that when this other child comes back
> from suspension, she will have a long apology letter for my daughter.
> On Apr 10, 2013 5:18 PM, "Bonnie Lucas" <lucas.bonnie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Wow, I'm impressed!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jim at riversedgehomes.com [mailto:jim at riversedgehomes.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 2:12 PM
>> To: Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
>> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Bullying the blind
>>
>> My daughter, Lauren, informed me of an incident months after its
>> occurrence.
>> She was being hassled daily on the bus by another fourth grader. He would
>> harass her regularly by stopping her in the aisle and asking her "How
>> many
>> fingers am I holding up??"
>>
>> After weeks of embarrassment, one day when he asked her that same
>> question,
>> she held up her middle finger and asked him, "How many fingers am I
>> holding
>> up??"
>>
>> He never bothered her again.
>>
>> > Hi listers,
>> > As we all know, ppl can be mean at times. My daughter is 11 and
>> > currently I'm having to deal more and more with kids at school being
>> > bullies. Its even gotten to point of being physically bullied. I'm now
>> > fighting with the school district to do something drastic. I'm livid.
>> > There have been 3 separate incidents in less then 2 weeks now.
>> > As a parent in itself, and a mother to a blind child, I need help with
>> > how I should ease her through all this. I don't want scare her or give
>> > her false hope that this will end. I know someone will always have
>> > something to say about her. Have any of you all have had to have the
>> > "bully" talk? What are some "do and don't" say things?
>> >
>> > Thank you all.
>> > Julie
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