1000% My 10 year old niece was bullied (starting at age 7) and I am telling you it took MORE THAN 5 PHONE CALLS to get administration to do anything.

That’s possible. I was bullied a lot as a kid. A quick perusal of Facebook indicates that, like me, friends who were really bullied tend to not have any kids, while every single person who bullied me does. One of them has 6 kids.

I hope the school administrators, the bullies, and the bullies’ parents live with this guilt until their dying days.

I have a four-year-old daughter, and I’m honestly terrified of her getting older because of this, because of misogyny, because of everything.

And we might elect a president that condones and even uses bullying to get his way.

There has to be some kind of criminal negligence charge. If there’s not a law that holds gun owners responsible for hiding their guns in cookie jars or wherethefuckever, there needs to be.

The bullying element has grown SO much now that kids have technology at their fingertips 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Used to you could go home and be safe from hate, but not anymore. Bullying (combined with mental health issues) is what landed my daughter in a psychiatric hospital last month with suicidal thoughts.…

Goddammit, lock that shit up in a gun safe and the bullets some place else.

“But, but, but...it’s not the gun’s fault. If a person wants to kill themselves they’ll find a way to do it.”

Also, fuck you people who espouse that logic.

Fuck you people who keep your guns ”hidden.”

Goddammit, lock that shit up in a gun safe and the bullets some place else.

Thanks! It’s nice to be able to admit you aren’t perfect and not have people (that matter) come crashing down on you. Half the battle of adulting: being able to admit you don’t know what the hell you’re doing, and being willing to change.

It’s so hard, I feel you. When they ARE being affectionate, though, it’s everything. As they get older, you have to start holding out until they come to you...not just with hugs. With advice. Correction. If you do your job right, as a parent, they need you less. It’s the worst/best

Yea, another commenter called it “oppressive weight of obligation”. When my kid pushes me away, I respect it. But sometimes I push the boundary, I think. And I have caught myself kind of...being bummed out when she tells me no, rather than just being accepting of her boundary. Thatz not okay

I think a huge component of switching gears is also how you react when your kid doesn’t want to be affectionate. I am almost 30 and still let my mom squeeze the life out of me because I know the yelling, tears and guilt trip that will follow if I don’t. It’s so important to give your kid space to express themselves.

That is really surprising to me as a Canadian. I had no idea that American Indian was considered an acceptable term in the US.

Mm, this hurts. I think I’m fucking this up. I steal my kisses, often. I’ve gotta stop. This article is amazing and I have a lot to learn about parenting. It’s really hard to shift gears, but I will try.

as a former teacher i’ve seen parents scold their kids for not hugging me goodbye at the end of the day or before holiday breaks, etc.

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“Representative Issa, from where did your committee receive funds to continue your investigation?”

It was the same thing with Obama trying to close the Camp Delta prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The GOP (and some shit-head Democrats, to be fair) passed a bill blocking all prisoner transfers off the island, forcing it to remain open, then they would run campaign ads listing it as a “broken campaign promise” by…