When I saw this story on the Today Show this morning it merey broke my heart. Billy Wolfe is a kid who has been bullied and tormented since elementary school. Billy, 16, has endured black eyes, cuts, and bruises simply because he’s considered an “easy target”.
When he spoke I could see the fear and tension. His parents are threatening to sue the school district based on videos showing Billy being beaten by his peers.
As a mother, I couldn’t help but wonder what I would do if one of my girls were being bullied. In my mind I would jack the little mother fuckers up when they least expected it and issue out a beautiful can of whip ass, NOTE *see The Hand That Rocks The Cradle* and go on about my business. But in reality you can’t just go and attack a little pre-pubescent fucker who’s beating on your kid……well, yes you can but I’ll leave that for another post.
As parents, it’s our job to recognize when things aren’t going right with our children. We have to encourage them to talk to us without being too judgemental with their responses. It’s also important to at least take into consideration what the kid whose doing the bullying is going through at home.
Kids who bully are sometimes brought up in an environment where they are either being abused or neglected in some way.
I think Billy’s parents did the right thing by taking legal action against the school district for not putting forth an effort into making sure that Billy’s bullies would be repremanded for their actions. Especially when they were caught on tape beating the crap out of this kid.
What say you?
Here’s some food for thought:
Pearl Jam/Jeremy
I think Billy’s parents should have showed up at some kid’s houses and beat the fug outta their parents.
Comment by SIP — March 27, 2008 @ 3:16 am
I saw this segment & said he needs to learn how to fight. I understand the problem but sometimes you gotta beat some ass to get people to back the f up. I guess growing up in the ghetto has hardened me to this type of thing.
Bygbaby
Comment by bygbaby — March 30, 2008 @ 6:17 am
This is so true. I know what this feels like. This has been going on for years in the public school systems. I’m 44 years old and I was bullied in school from the 3rd grade. Growing up in New York, it was really tough and my parents just had no idea what I had to go through everyday. This is just one of the major things that is wrong with public school systems across the country. Some kids get bullied physically (like myself), some mentally. Somebody was always planning to “jump” me after school. I mean I had to keep my hair braided with vaseline and sneakers in hand, girl. It was crazy. I was unable to enjoy my time in school because of all the evil azz little mofos trying to start something with me on the regular. I feel for this kid, you really have to try and “hold your own” at school and thats a damn shame, because school is suppose to be about getting an academic education, not about trying to keep folks from mentally or physically harrassing you. As long as the public school system structure remains the way it is now, this stuff ain’t gonna stop.
Comment by Budget Chic — April 9, 2008 @ 12:49 pm