Meshel Laurie has shared a story on Twitter of how her son was bullied at school over a homemade cookie.
“My son was bullied at school today because he had an unhealthy snack. (Homemade chic chip cookie [sic]. 1.) School. Has. Changed,” she began writing.
“I wish that “bully” could go back in time to my primary school in Toowoomba in the early 80’s for just one little lunch. Cookies were biscuits, shoes were optional, and bullies were not known for their health food programs.”
Laurie went on to say she was conflicted about how she should teach her eight-year-old son about resilience and fighting back.
“I really, really want to advise my son to tell that kid to f*ck off. Just nice and simple. Right in his smug little face. Old school. Ugh. I know I can’t though. That kid is hiding behind the niceness of the school. It’s hard being a bogan parent sometimes.”
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I can't tell from this story how much her kid was bullied. Were there several nasty comments? Try to push him or grab the cookie? Nevertheless, I think parents need to teach kids how to stand up to verbal abuse. Her son could have said "I like it. Too bad for you" and walked away. My daughter was physically attacked, and verbally bullied several times before I put her in private school. In her private school children were punished, and if necessary expelled for bullying. That was the only way I could protect her, as when I complained to the public school staff they would contact parents who couldn't care less about their children's actions.
The kid wasn't being bullied,some kid revved him up over his home made cookie.Ignore the kid and it will go away.Mountains out of molehills