I am pretty much at my wits end. And no, it is not because I had to use Paint to draw the above image (although I am pretty peeved about that too). You see, I knew my son starting Kindergarten would be not the least bit easy, but
come on! Homework I can handle. Spelling I can handle. Writing I can handle. Even reading I can handle. However, there is one thing that I just cannot handle:
A Kindergarten bully!
What the heck!?! How in the universe does a five/six year old become such a little monster at such a young age? Here’s the deal:
My oldest son is being bullied by another classmate. At first, I figured it was because this bully was a new kid and was just finding his place among his peers–and so I let it slip. The problem with giving this bully a break for starting a new school is that the bullying continued and got worse. I knew my son was having problems, because every day when school let out he would mention the other child’s name and proceed to tell me how the bully hit him with his lunchbox, pushed him down or pulled his hair. Once, my oldest came out of the school with an icebag over his eye all because the little twirp scratched my son in the eye and made him bleed with his fingernails!
Then, one day I actually met the little bully…and I realized his mom was the same woman that won’t speak to me outside our sons’ school. Then the unthinkable happened–the bully hit my son in the face with his lunchbox right in front of me as hard as he could and his mom DID NOTHING! You’ve got to be kidding me, I thought! I was so shocked, I just stood right there and watched she and her little monster walk back towards their car.
My oldest was so upset!
I don’t blame him…I mean, at that point I too had enough of the little bully twirp. To make matters worse, the bully’s mom wasn’t even disciplining her child for hitting my child. Personally, if my child had done that to someone else’s child right in front of me, I would have jerked my son up and had a talking with him right then and there. Not only would my son have to apologize to the other kid immediately, but I would also apologize to the other parent and then ground my child when he got home.
This is Kindergarten folks…bullying needs to be nipped in the bud right now!
My son was so upset from getting hit in the face that I could see the tears starting to form. I don’t know what overcame me right at that moment, but I turned to my oldest and told him to go tell The Kindergarten Bully to stop hitting him.
To my shock and disbelief, my son did just that…and a little more. He ran up to the bully and screamed, “STOP HITTING ME! I DON’T LIKE IT WHEN YOU DO THAT!!!” The bully’s mom just stared at my oldest as he continued to scream at her child.
I was just a little bit overtaken at that moment, so it took me a couple seconds to process the situation and decide what to do next. To be honest with you, I was proud of my son for standing up for himself. But I know my child’s screaming can get out of control, so I ran over to my son and firmly told him, “That’s enough, stop screaming,” and then looked at the bully’s mom square in the eyes and said, “I am sure his mom heard you–and I am SURE she will do something about it!”
I didn’t see The Kindergarten Bully or his mom for a week.
