This past week was a tough one for Roland. He went out for recess Wednesday and a group of third graders attacked him. They started chasing him and calling him a girl. Roland went and hid behind the dumpsters and found some jump ropes. When the boys came after him again he started swinging them. It didn't work though, they kept chasing him. They pushed him against a fence and crowded around him. One boy went on the other side of the fence and pulled Rolands hood of his coat through the fence, choking him. There were lots of children around watching this but none of them went to get a teacher. Roland finally broke free and ran to get help from a teacher. He was so worked up, he spent an hour in the principles office just to calm down. This is not a tough inner city school. We live in an affluent suburban neighborhood. I hope those childrens parents are ashamed of themselves. They obviously did something wrong raising those kids. And I hope they have the sense to change the way they are parenting so those kids don't grow up and end up in the news because their bullying pushed another teen to the brink.
By the way, I asked Roland if he wanted to cut his hair and he said no. I'm proud of him for being who he wants to be regardless of the hurtful things other children say.
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That has to be the toughest part of parenting - when your child is being hurt and you can't help them. I hope the kids get punished by there parents, but you can't always count on that.
ReplyDeleteOh, my goodness. I hope he is OK (in more than a physical sense)- what a scary and upsetting experience! And he's only in the third grade! They definitely need better supervision on the playground, and the kids who were involved should all be suspended/monitored for bullying behavior. Poor Roland!
ReplyDeleteI am just shocked! Where was the staff?
ReplyDeleteMy son read this and wanted him to know he has long hair too and doesn't care what people think.
In fact come to think of it Einstien had a wacky hairstyle.