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Originally Posted by ChasingChe
I think of bullying in other terms - I don't think L is at any more risk of bullying than any other child, but rather the bully will find someone to pick on no matter who is in the room. However, I do worry about the vulnerability to bullies in some of my kids more than others.
And, I agree with Hayes.
We've had a couple instances of bullying in our short parenting careers, and those times were all school related. Oh - wait - and the cousin I've talked about. Family is a little harder/touchier. I definitely have a tendency to "mama bear" out in that situation, and never hesitate to involve another child's parent(s).
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my sister's 5 year old son bit Lauren so hard that it left a bruise and broke a tiny bit of her skin over the past week. Man, that was a hard one. If it hadn't been family, I'd have reacted a whole lot differently, but it was my sister's son. At least it was well handled by her. I'm not sure it was well handled by me because I think I should have reacted in a way that showed both him and his parents how disappointed and angry I was, but I soft pedaled it because I didn't want to hurt my sister's feelings. and, I figured she felt bad enough as it was. What I wanted to do was to take Lauren aside and teach her how to throw a wicked mean punch.