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susan conner's avatar

You know what's even worse, the ones who look down on you just because you stand up for yourself and tell you that you deserved it. And - that they don't care and are not going to do anything about it. And even worse than that are the ones who tell you to just "forgive" your tormenters. As if!

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Rebecca Weitzel's avatar

Thanks Walter. Each of my children were the victims of abuse, at least once as grade schoolers. Both times my reporting went ignored and worse, laughed away, by all of the so-called adults in the room, and I'm the school system. My oldest finally punched the head bully, when nothing I did was helping his little brother. That ended the youngest son's school bus abuse. Also, once our older son (age 9), after 3 months of keeping quiet from fear, cried to me that the boy across the street (a 6 year old) attempted to perform a lewd act on him aggressively and in front of our other son. Not one person helped us in the school system, nor in the young boy's family. My sons were clearly upset, so we had them see a counselor to be evaluated, while the parents across the street, laughed at my concern.

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