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The parents DO have some blame. They weren't aggressive enough. sometimes when issues like this arise, parents have to "show out" in order to see something happen.
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What more could they have done? They went to the school and told administrators their kid was being bullied, the school supposedly has a "zero tolerance" policy for bullying. Short of pulling their kid out, what are they to do?
I can speak from personal experience on this - I went to private school for years (Catholic) and starting in 7th grade, I was bullied - RELENTLESSLY by the group of girls that had been "my friends" for years! They turned on me for some unknown reason and my life became a living hell. Eventually, I was so stressed that I started showing physical signs of depression - started with getting nausious at the thought of going to school, led to a full blown case of Shingles - AT 12!!
My parents went to the principal and complained, they contacted the girls' parents, all to no avail, it was seen as "girls will be girls". I ended up missing so much school that my parents eventually pulled me out and put me at the public school in our neighborhood. THANK GOD we had that option!
anyway, I get these kids cuz I've been there!
Strangely, I am acquainted with alot of these same people (we all come back to the neighborhood), and we've talked about what happened. The women now can't come up with any reason I was singled out, just that I was the popular target for the day, and when they saw that it bothered me, they just kept it up for entertainment. They say that they had no idea that it effected me so badly, and that they are sorry now.
I forgive, but I won't ever forget.
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