[blindkid] Bullying the blind

[melissa R green]

I think that you were very lucky that the parents did something to that 
child.
What about those children that have parents that say they are just being 
kids.
the other day a friend of my who is a teacher of blind students had one of 
her children bullied.  the sighted child went into a bathroom stall that he 
knew that the blind child used.  He locked the enside door and then crawled 
out from under the door.
Of course some people wanted to have him using the faculty bathroom again.
I agree kids have to be independent.

Sincerely,
Melissa and Pj
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arielle Silverman" <arielle71 at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" 
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Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Bullying the blind


All those things are awful. Talking to the principal and the
perpetrators' parents is right on. When I was 13, a boy in my class
sent me an email which stated rather explicitly that I used my cane
for sexual gratification. My father called the boy's parents and he
was grounded from the Internet for a month. After that he never
bothered me again. I suspect that if the parents hadn't gotten
involved, nothing would have happened.
Arielle

On 4/9/13, Julie Yanez <jyanez112 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hahaha!! Go Lauren. Although I won't show my brat how to do that, I also
> won't be too upset if she picks it up.
> One kid hit my girl in the face for "staring at him". Uh...she's blind.
> Then the following week another student told her she can't play a game and
> she needed to leave. That she was "an awkward blind girl that can't see
> anyway." I was furious. The icing on the cake was yesterday. My girl went
> to the bathroom at recess and was followed by one of the tormenters. This
> other girl went into the stall next to my girl's, stepped on the toilet,
> and was looking over the top into her stall. Mind you my daughter is on 
> her
> monthly cycle. She now feels soo violated that someone else saw her. She
> even told me she doesn't want to use the bathroom at school anymore. This
> has been soo exhausting. I'm doing my best to be calm when talking to her.
> I ripped the principal and this students mother a new one already.
> On Apr 9, 2013 3:37 PM, <jim at riversedgehomes.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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