[blindkid] Bullying the blind

[jim at riversedgehomes.com]

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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