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Mom Shares Story About How Her 9-Year-Old Got Sweet Revenge On Her Bully
Bullying is a serious problem that can cause tragic results if measures are not taken to fight against it. According to PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center, more than 1 out of 5 students report being bullied in the US, which is more than 20% of all students. And while there are plenty of prevention programs out there to help tackle the issue, it might give parents a false sense of security that whatever happens in school is ‘not their problem’ and that teachers and school staff will prevent any trouble. Well, turns out, that’s not enough and parents should always keep an eye out for signs of trouble.
One mother recently took to Reddit to share a story of her daughter’s personal victory against a bully. As the woman explained, her daughter was pressured and teased by a former friend who was manipulating other friends and causing her daughter distress. “She was changing and becoming withdrawn, listening to sad songs and telling me she had lost her ability to make friends,” the mother told Bored Panda. Turns out, the girl tried to hide away the situation and it only came to light when her friend’s mother informed the mom.
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One mother recently shared her daughter’s ‘petty revenge’ story online
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Following an incident at school where she was summoned by a principal, the mom posted this story:
“Today I got a call from the school my 9 year old attends asking to please come up to the school because my daughter was in trouble for vandalising another child’s property. This surprised me because my daughter is a bit of a goody two shoes and never gets in trouble so I dropped what I was doing and swung by the school to find my daughter sitting in the Principal’s office grinning ear to ear. I was ushered in to take a seat.
The Principal immediately launched into a tirade about how my daughter had deliberately broken another girl’s necklace and how unacceptable it was. Once he was finished, I turned to my daughter to hear her side of the story.
Last year my daughter saved up her pocket money to buy best friend necklaces for her and this girl. I ordered them from Wish.com for her. This year the friendship went belly up when I discovered this girl was trying to extort her friends including my daughter into buying her expensive items on a kids game with threats, backstabbing my daughter and threatening anyone who dared play with her at lunch so she was completely isolated. My daughter cut off contact and has been rebuilding her friendship circle and all was going well until this little girl started repeatedly demanding that my daughter give her the other half of the friendship necklace so she could give it to someone else. The fact we were the ones that bought the necklaces to begin with was apparently a minor irrelevant detail.
My 18 year old niece and nephew are very protective of their young cousins and were quite upset for her so they decided to offer her the opportunity for therapeutic destruction. Last weekend they got out their tools and helped my daughter shatter the charm into 7 or 8 pieces with a hammer, some pliers and had a great time. My daughter put the pieces of the charm in her jewellery box as a reminder of what fake friends can do to you.
Anyway apparently this girl kept demanding the necklace every day hassling her so my daughter hatched a plan. She gathered up the pieces into a little bag, took them to school today to empty the bag in front of the girl and told her she was welcome to the necklace as long she likes jigsaw puzzles but she will probably need some glue. Apparently the girl went red and stormed off to the teacher to say that my daughter had destroyed her necklace and my daughter was sent to the office.
I couldn’t keep a straight face and burst out laughing. You could see the vein in the Principal’s forehead pop out as he looked at me laughing. I pulled out my phone, showed him my purchase history to confirm that we bought the necklaces and my daughter is perfectly within her rights to destroy her own property if she so wishes.
He finally dismissed us and my daughter skipped back to class laughing hysterically. My niece and nephew are quite proud and planning to take my daughter out for ice cream this weekend to celebrate her standing up for herself.”
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“My daughter would try and play with other girls only to be told she wasn’t allowed to. It turned out any girls she tried to play with were being threatened by her bully so she eventually started playing football with the boys instead at lunch and has been enjoying herself immensely” the mother explained how her daughter managed the situation. Luckily, it all ended well for the 9-year-old as she had excellent support around her, despite the way the school staff handled it. They apparently employ “the High 5” technique to fight bullying (which has steps – ignore, be friendly, put up your hand and say “Stop it! I don’t like it” firmly and then reporting to a teacher). The mother says that this method is ineffective and just grooms children to be future victims.
“The bully apologised last week and begged to be friends again” the mom reported. She also added that she’s proud of her daughter’s choice to forgive the bully, but distance herself from her as there is no longer trust between the two.
Here’s what people had to day in response to the story
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madeline tansey bryson 5 years ago
Well done mum. I am not allowed to put on here what I think of people like the principal. It shouldn't have got that far
Daria B 5 years ago
Misguided. The principal was misguided and ashamed of it when he realised so, but didn't know how to handle the situation. Brain went panic mode, but had to keep his posture. Ended up looking like a fool and is probably aware of it and deeply regrets. *shrug*
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Stephanie Hoeppner 5 years ago
This may be unpopular, but I am a mom who has kids who are "different" ( the younger one ASD, one ADHD) and have many, many times been into the school to talk about bullying of my kids. It's to the point with the older one that you kind of just want to tell him to fight back and hit those jerks. The younger one has become the defender of justice and if he sees other kids getting bullied he interjects himself to stand up for them. 2 very different issues with the same root cause - little kids can be jerks sometimes. It has been my experience, however, that the school staff have their hearts in the right place and really do try to help - but again, kids can be jerks and still have free will and their efforts don't always pan out. I don't know what the answer is (I would be a millionaire and talk show guru if so!) but I think that we just need to be there for our little guys and know that home is a safe place where they can chillax, be themselves, and know they are loved.
Daria B 5 years ago (edited)
Thank you for your very realistic insight, Stephanie. Yours are words of wisdom (may sound exaggerated to you if I express myself this way, but I mean it). Sending my best wishes to you and your little boys. Keep standing by them, and hopefully they grow into strong people capable of empathy and with good sense of ethics. It's tough, but eventually school ends, and they will find their place once they graduate. (Speaking from experience as a bullied kid)
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Suzi Gauthier 5 years ago
My daughter was accused by another girl of stealing her makeup bag, one of those ones you get free when you buy makeup. The first I heard of it was the school cop calling to ask me where I bought her makeup bag. I couldn't remember. Luckily, the other girl made an honest mistake. The cop let her go through my daughter's makeup bag & the girl verified that it was not hers. I couldn't believe he gave her my daughter's bag! If it was a bullying issue, the girl could just have claimed it was hers & my daughter would have been arrested. At least he could have had the girl name some items in her bag & he could have made a determination.
madeline tansey bryson 5 years ago
Well done mum. I am not allowed to put on here what I think of people like the principal. It shouldn't have got that far
Daria B 5 years ago
Misguided. The principal was misguided and ashamed of it when he realised so, but didn't know how to handle the situation. Brain went panic mode, but had to keep his posture. Ended up looking like a fool and is probably aware of it and deeply regrets. *shrug*
Load More Replies... Stephanie Hoeppner 5 years ago
This may be unpopular, but I am a mom who has kids who are "different" ( the younger one ASD, one ADHD) and have many, many times been into the school to talk about bullying of my kids. It's to the point with the older one that you kind of just want to tell him to fight back and hit those jerks. The younger one has become the defender of justice and if he sees other kids getting bullied he interjects himself to stand up for them. 2 very different issues with the same root cause - little kids can be jerks sometimes. It has been my experience, however, that the school staff have their hearts in the right place and really do try to help - but again, kids can be jerks and still have free will and their efforts don't always pan out. I don't know what the answer is (I would be a millionaire and talk show guru if so!) but I think that we just need to be there for our little guys and know that home is a safe place where they can chillax, be themselves, and know they are loved.
Daria B 5 years ago (edited)
Thank you for your very realistic insight, Stephanie. Yours are words of wisdom (may sound exaggerated to you if I express myself this way, but I mean it). Sending my best wishes to you and your little boys. Keep standing by them, and hopefully they grow into strong people capable of empathy and with good sense of ethics. It's tough, but eventually school ends, and they will find their place once they graduate. (Speaking from experience as a bullied kid)
Load More Replies... Suzi Gauthier 5 years ago
My daughter was accused by another girl of stealing her makeup bag, one of those ones you get free when you buy makeup. The first I heard of it was the school cop calling to ask me where I bought her makeup bag. I couldn't remember. Luckily, the other girl made an honest mistake. The cop let her go through my daughter's makeup bag & the girl verified that it was not hers. I couldn't believe he gave her my daughter's bag! If it was a bullying issue, the girl could just have claimed it was hers & my daughter would have been arrested. At least he could have had the girl name some items in her bag & he could have made a determination.
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