Quote From: jennpianokeysI can recall the times I've been picked on and it just flat out sucked. Unfortunately the behavior is rooted from up-bringing and the status quo. Individuality isn't really embraced until the later part of highschool and on to college. If a classmate was wearing something from walmart, and not the top dog stores everyone shopped at, then he/she was considered a dork and sometimes, terribly picked on. That was me in middle school, when my mom was in between jobs and my father being the only provider. Improvising on a small dime did not win many social graces for me. But, it taught me to behave better than the way I was treated, and eventually that quality would stand out much much more than a pair of gap jeans, or a mercedes. I learned that the people who did pick on me had less on the scale of brand name posessions than I did, and way less in terms of an emotional healthy, and supportive home environment. (Just my two cents)
Unfortunately, bullying has always gone on....I was picked on as was everyone I know...but nowdays, with the internet and kids so materialistic, parents gone all the time, not bringing up their children with a sense of empathy, and letting them get away with so much without any consequences, these kids are taking it to a whole new level.
The little twit that was on the show today who set up a gossip website so people could trash each other is a prime example. If any of my kids even thought about doing such a thing there would be some severe consequences!! Her parents must be real proud of her, huh.
