Thanks for all the great advice. The principal of our school has asked my friend to head up a committee to begin a anti-bullying "curriculum". She is not real happy. She is a single mom & though she wants to do everything to protect her child and make things better, she feels she has so much on her plate right now & that the school just passed the buck.

Try the Dr. Phil web site. They have a no bullying program-type of thing.

HTH,
Holly

Maybe law enforcement need to come in and talk to these kids. Not to just scare the crap outta them but wake them up.

How about wake them up AND scare the crap outta them.....that's what I ment...

In our K-12 school we have a zero tolerance policy that has worked well. A few families have even taken the "bully" to court on assult charges with the support of our local officer that the town has assigned to our school.

Last year my daughter was attacked from behind during class. The classmate and her had been sharing a verbal....not very ladylike...confertation and my daughter being 5'7" and big girl was not afraid of this 5' girl. Well, in the end the other gal jabbed my daughter in the back/shoulder blade with a Sharpie marker! The gal was suspended for three days in school (no one could watch her or pick her up so the school chose in school) and yeah my daughter was repremanded for her use of words. We were instructed if she would have been moreserious injuries we could have filed charges. Just like that.

Maybe law enforcement need to come in and talk to these kids. Not to just scare the crap outta them but wake them up. Have any of you seen the new McGruff the dog ads on TV? He has a new ad how to help kids help each other handle bullies.

I was bullied too but almost the worst kind, I went to school with several cousins and rarly did my Aunts help in anyway! Nor woud the school because we are family! Funny story, one cousin finally got to the end of the line and I gave her a left hook breaking her glasses and a nice shiner! My Mom and Dad weren't happy but knew I had had it! My Aunt finally apologized! The best...the bus driver looked the other way! Okay, today, he should have reported it but he knew we would resovle the issue. My cousin is now in jail for shoplifting and drugs, and I still have a mean "lefty" I'm kidding!!!!!!

Our school is having a speaker who teaches children and the parents separately the children during school, and the parents at the home and school meeting that same night. We are scheduled for February. It is expensive, but if you can have other schools in your area sign up for him to come to their school you pay half the price. If your interested email me kelly at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Thank you for those kid and reassuring words! Usually if someone hurts her feelings, so and so didn't want to play w/me, said they don't like me, etc. I just tell her to find someone else to play with. But that situation went too far. But the thing that gets me, is when I confronted the mother, she said "Oh no, my child would never do that, she doesn't lie", etc. Well, I knew that was a lie, because I've caught her lying before.

When my husband went to pick our daughter up from school Friday, the extended day people were apologising and saying that there were other incidents involving this child. And to top it all off, this kid is in my daughter's Brownie Troop and acts like an angel while there! Go figure.