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The Uncomfortable Subject; Bullying

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mike

Joe,i can identify with your pain,i didn't have the different illnesses,but I was skinny walked with a twist,singled out as a sissy,in a country town that was not a good thing,i remember how different ones would try to humiliate me on different occasions,one saving grace was having bigger older brothers,so they backed off the physical abuse,but it was embarrassing to have a sissy as a brother in the sixties.The scars are still here 40 years later,now at 6'4",250 pounds,i look back and wonder why I didn't beat the hell out of them,although I was little and skinny back then.I know its hard for kids being bullied today,every body in okla country towns had bigger siblings to back them up,even country girls could hold their own against boys,but now one lone kid against the whole class.Kids can't comprehend the mental damage they do to a person,i don't know if its is gods will but my worse bullies all died young and I am still here,we live in a mean spirited society now, I didn't have social media to deal with back in the day.Parents should be the main teachers of tolerance today,taunting and bullying can take on horrible consequences today,look at school shootings and stabbings,even in the work place I had to put bullies in their place, god gave me the physical attributes to do that,every body is not gonna be that lucky,my heart goes out to the kids who endure relentless bullying every day,parents teach kids on the about the consequences of bullying ,I don't think they realize it stays with a child 50 or so years,don't wait for a school shooting to get involved. Everbody claims they love the lord,but if you don't instill that in your kids,some kids bow to pier pressure and join in the bullying,Being black,gay and H.I.V.,i wouldn't tolerate a bully living in my house.People please be parents again,sit your kids down and talk,join the campaign to stop bullying.

September 28, 2014

Ken Babauta

There is something just not right to expect any child to endure bullying from anyone. And yet this is exactly what I had to go through growing up in a homophobic community. Even if I had complained to my parents or a clergy person or a teacher, they could not protect me at all times. I am forced to endure the punishment from these fiends until I can escape from their taunts. But it was hard and especially difficult being weaker and constantly afraid of these bullies. Even in my sleep, I will have nightmares of them. I dreaded going out of the house to anywhere for fear that I may be confronted by them. My life seemed hopeless and those who loved me were unable to save me. I just had to endure and I really hate doing it. If my parents couldn't protect what can God do? He's safe in heaven; I'm living in hell here. So what good is He?

September 25, 2014

Rozyanna

To glorify God when one is faced with life threatening illness is tough. Your story captivated me not so much coz of the bullying but because you were bullied about your illness which must have been hell for a child and finally God gave you the grace to forgive them. That is a great lesson for me. I have never been bullied but I find it hard and partly I don't even want to forgive my x-husband. May God give me your kind of grace to learn to forgive. Blessings to u. You have surely left a mark in my heart.

September 25, 2014

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