Mother gives bully daughter a taste of her own medicine

[Whitneyskates]

A mother found out her daughter was making fun of a classmate's clothes and decides to teach her a lesson

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/222...-store-clothes

[Prancer]

How do stories like this get to be news? As in, who contacts the reporters to tell them about such things?

And why do these things get to be news?

[PDilemma]

How do stories like this get to be news? As in, who contacts the reporters to tell them about such things?

And why do these things get to be news?

Good question.

And I don't think this was the best response anyway. She didn't teach the kid why some kids are not dressed as well. She didn't teach her that she should not judge others by appearances. All she did is reinforce the idea that people without as much money can't afford "nice enough" clothing. She likely turned the other child from a victim of her daughter's bullying into an object of her pity. That's not much better.

[*Jen*]

. She likely turned the other child from a victim of her daughter's bullying into an object of her pity. That's not much better.

Oh believe me. As someone who suffered years of bullying in my childhood, being pitied is a LOT better.

[PDilemma]

Oh believe me. As someone who suffered years of bullying in my childhood, being pitied is a LOT better.

Teachers and staff even joined in bullying me at one school I attended. Don't assume people don't have an experience because they don't say they did.

Pitying children not dressed as well as she is won't keep this girl from being a bully to them. It will just change the way she does it and make her an insufferable snob.

[*Jen*]

Teachers and staff even joined in bullying me at one school I attended. Don't assume people don't have an experience because they don't say they did.

I assumed nothing, I merely relayed my personal experience. I was bullied by some and pitied by others, and I'd take pity any day. I'm sorry if the fact I don't agree with you gets you on the offensive.

I don't think the mother handled it particularly well either, and I don't think the daughter's behaviour will change much as a result of this "lesson". But, IMO, outright bullying is far worse than pity.

[Prancer]

I don't think the mother handled it particularly well either,.

That's one of the things that amazes me about such stories being treated as "news." I usually think the parents' "discipline" is ineffective and often counterproductive and am always amazed at all the "Yeah, someone who acts like a parent!" comments that follow, as I nearly always think the parent in question is behaving childishly.

[mag]

Well, in my experience, when a child is a bully you need look no farther than one of the parents to find where the child learned how to bully.