This week has made me glad I don't have children right now. I was bullyed growing up, especially since my family moved often and I was frequently the "new kid." Add the fact I am now 6'0" tall and have always been taller than most girls in my class (and at times the boys too) I was a prime candidate for teasing. I don't think I ever told my parents (my siblings, maybe) I just dealt with it and tried to ignore the person doing the bullying. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it just egged them on more. It wasn't until I was in high school and having a bad day that I finally had enough and chewed out one of the guys who was picking on me. From that point on he never did it again and many others stopped also. I guess they no longer saw me as a target.
The idea that this could have been a covert affair through text and e-mail messages is one that can be frightening. Especially with girls who tend to be sneakier about how they pick on someone and more vicious about what they say.
I just hope if I encounter bullying in relationship to the youth I work with that I will be able to recognize it as bullying and have the tools available to help the youth out before it escalates.
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