October 15, 2010

Bullies are not cool!

It's not good when your daughter comes home from school with big bandages on both knees. As a kid I remember crashing many of times at school (trying to beat the boys to the door I am sure) so I figured Kimberly probably just crashed too. Her nickname is Grace for a reason. When she told me that a second grader pushed her, I was a little shocked. She said he was following her and her friends and then ran up and pushed her down. When asked what happened next, she said he ran off. Our first encounter at school with bullying... great. Luckily she has a great school and the principal was out on the grounds and helped Kimberly to the school nurse and she patched her up great. I asked Kimberly if she cried a lot and she said when it happened, she did. But she said she was very brave though with the nurse and didn't cry at all. I was proud of her but so sad she had to go thru that. Anyone that knows Kimberly knows she can be a bit of a drama queen. I was so glad to hear she was brave and not miss drama. But little miss drama emerged when she told her daddy what happened. All of a sudden, Kimberly couldn't bend her legs and couldn't walk. It was amazing what a queen she can be! Throughout the night, she would forget her injuries but they always came back when asked to do something. haha.

Pretty nasty huh!
This was daddy asking Kimberly to look sad. She was having a good moment right here!
This is drama queen Kimberly after we joked that we would touch her knees. This is the girl we dealt with most of the night.

We are so sad that we are having to deal with school bullies at this young age. We talked to Kimberly about how wrong that boy was and what she could do next time. In reality I wanted to tell her to beat him up next time but I know that doesn't stop the bullying. I hope everyone (esp. parents) will help stop bullies!

1 comment:

  1. Poor Kimberly! That's horrible. I just don't understand why kids are so mean at such a young age. When I was in Kindergarten I was pushed down on some ice by some boys and broke my nose. That's the worst thing about sending our kids to school, just not knowing what they are going to come in contact with! I hope Kimberly feels better soon!

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