SunnyCait
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People would be surprised at what an early age bullying begins. I teach preschool and there are one or two kids I am sure would be better off in their own section of the world where they can be cruel to each other and no one else. It's amazing the things I hear and see amongst 4-5 year olds... You wouldn't think kids that age would have anything to bully over! I sometimes have a girl with Downs on Fridays. It's harder for the kids to understand because of their age, and I get that, but they can be downright little bastards about it. One boy (my main bully) was taunting her about her eyes, and how they were slanted. Well I'd just about had it! I snapped, and said really harshly and loud enough for the other kids to hear "What are you making fun of her for, what about you and your sticky-out dumbo ears? No one talks to you about that now do they?" And another kid laughed at that, so I said "And what are you laughing at ginger?" (Of course I followed with a "Now how does it feel to be made fun of for how you look?" speech and an apology, but I absolutely do not regret it.) I don't know what it is that makes them think that that is okay, but I personally try to foster an honest and safe environment. I don't allow making fun of for anything whatsoever. It's ridiculous!
One of my younger sisters is half black, and when we lived here in grade school she was taunted mercilessly because she was a different color. This area is all white. And I do mean ALL. They're ignorant and stupid because that is how they are raised. I sometimes hear comments about skin color in my class, and I immediatley squash any racial crap. I absolutely do not tolerate it, I refuse to be the person who allows kids to think and speak that way. I don't care if that's how their daddies speak they will not talk like that around me. Same goes for anything regarding sexual orientation (though thankfully they are all rather clueless about that).
My son is made fun of because he has two moms. That's two more moms that love him than most of his classmates have, by the way. I see foster kids in and out of my daycare because their mothers hurt them or neglect them, and my son is made fun of because he has two parents who love and care for him. Children just have very little logic. Although I am sure he will have to deal with comments and bullying for that for as long as he is in school. Sad. I let him know that he is the normal one, and that the kids who make fun of him have parents who condone that sort of thinking and they are wrong, simply put. I also tell him not to judge them because that's not his worry. He needs to worry about himself and how he acts and speaks. Not anyone else.
One of my younger sisters is half black, and when we lived here in grade school she was taunted mercilessly because she was a different color. This area is all white. And I do mean ALL. They're ignorant and stupid because that is how they are raised. I sometimes hear comments about skin color in my class, and I immediatley squash any racial crap. I absolutely do not tolerate it, I refuse to be the person who allows kids to think and speak that way. I don't care if that's how their daddies speak they will not talk like that around me. Same goes for anything regarding sexual orientation (though thankfully they are all rather clueless about that).
My son is made fun of because he has two moms. That's two more moms that love him than most of his classmates have, by the way. I see foster kids in and out of my daycare because their mothers hurt them or neglect them, and my son is made fun of because he has two parents who love and care for him. Children just have very little logic. Although I am sure he will have to deal with comments and bullying for that for as long as he is in school. Sad. I let him know that he is the normal one, and that the kids who make fun of him have parents who condone that sort of thinking and they are wrong, simply put. I also tell him not to judge them because that's not his worry. He needs to worry about himself and how he acts and speaks. Not anyone else.
