Kendall,
I had similar experiences as a kid. These things tend to work
themselves out without the parents driving the issue. Kids are kids and
they are wont to be cruel at times--as we all are in one fashion or
another. Overprotective parents don't do their children any favors by
trying to step in at every turn. Not saying that they don't need to be
cognizant of the situation and provide lots of emotional support, but
they need to let kids "fight their own battles", so to speak.
Another phenomenon that I'm seeing in white-bread middle class suburbia
is the tendency for parents, especially moms, trying to be their kids'
best friends and getting way too involved in the soap opera of school
life. Kids need parents and role-models, not buddies.
-----Original Message-----
From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Kendall D. Corbett
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 1:21 PM
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Subject: Re: Let's Shift Gears ....
Kat, Ken and Kyle,
One of the kids that gave me a hard time in grade school finally backed
of
when I punched him in the nose. We both got sent to the principal and
got
punished, and John was pretty easy to deal with after that. A couple of
the
other guys who picked on me later ended up working in the disabilities
field.
On Oct 31, 2007 5:36 AM, Cleveland, Kyle E.
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wrote:
> Cruel as it was, it probably worked better that way for us as kids
than
> to let our parents step in every time we got made fun of for being a
> "cripple".
>
> -----Original Message-----
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Behalf
> Of kat
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 6:12 AM
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> Subject: Re: Let's Shift Gears ....
>
> You know, I read an article recently in which a researcher was quoted
as
>
> saying we need to let our kids learn to deal with bullies - you know,
> let them toughen up. It seems we are raising a generation of whiny
> brats who can't deal with the realities of life. I have to say I
kind
> of agree with him.
>
> Kat
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Kendall
An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
progress
depends on the unreasonable man.
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