Do you remember the saying growing up that goes stick and stones may break my bones but, words will never hurt me? Well, I’m here to tell you that adult that overlook this kind of behavior in kids are actually condoning it. I hear it too many times having had children and worked in public school as a substitute teacher. Kids will be kids or we did that when were younger. How about telling your kids to just look the other way when things like this happen. What if we told them to stand up against bullies even though they may not be bullied themselves.
What if parents who has a child that is being bullied took a stand against this kind of behavior. If enough parents stood up to this behavior and didn’t allow it to continue, I think things would change. I think the problem lies in the parents themselves and often times the children are learning these things at home.
I tried to teach my kids to be respectful of others even though we do have some toxic people in our family which they had limited exposure to. I really don’t like the kids will be kids’ attitude and think we can do much better than this.
Parents are supposed to be examples for how children should behave and if I child is having trouble knowing right from wrong it is our job to teach them. There are a lot of parents who would be upset if their child was hitting another child or saying mean things to them. Then there is another group of parents who let their children do whatever they want.
This kind of behavior where other children are allowed to hurt others is harmful. We are trying to raise children to do the right thing and that means to be nice to others. Do we want adults running around who cannot treat others with respect? We now wonder why so many teachers are leaving the teaching profession. Well, I can tell you it’s because the behavior problems have gotten worse and no one wants to raise their kids anymore or be responsible for teaching them the proper thing.
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