Kids will always pick on other kids for some reason. In my day(1970’s), back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I was picked on for wearing hand me down clothes. It didn’t help that some of the pants were two sizes too big. I was the poor kid and an easy target.
When my family got solid and I could actually buy clothes from such reputable stores as K-mart the harassment gradually died down. Oh, but then I gained weight, and i was known as “thunder thighs”. This was in the era of the sizzler dresses. Well, the fat wore off by High School, and I was sporting a model sized body. But , wait. I had zits! Oh my god! Do not sit by her because you might get them! Yikes, I almost never survived my teenage years.
So, the point is, kids get picked on. Kids are stupid. If you, as a parent love and nurture your child, they can get through these horrible situations. I don’t care if you’re a single mother who never married, a gay parent, a parent in a plural marriage(as long as everyone is agreeable), your kids are going to be pickked on for something. YOU need to be there to support them. YOU need to let them them know they are not freaks or monsters.
Let’s ban parents who are near-sighted and maight make their kids into “four-eyes”, too. :rolleyes:
However, I do ask parents to use a *modicum of sense * when picking their kids names. Sure, your family name is Hogg, and damnit, you’re not going to change it. Fine. But do not name the kid “Ima” or “Ham”. :eek: Few names are immune from being warped by kids into something cruel, but at least make it a little difficult for them, eh? After all, names are one of the few things you do get free choice in- use that choice responsibly.
I will ask parents of 'alternate lifestyles" to think carefully about where they chose to live however.
[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster]
People don’t seem to get that growing a kid up strong and fine means teaching said kid how to handle adversity such that kid can manage for itself throughout life. It starts with playground picking and goes on from there. Trying to shelter a kid from all badness makes for a weak and unprepared adult who can’t face dealing with situations.
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[QUOTE=Shel Silverstein]
And he said: “Son, this world is rough
And if a man’s gonna make it, he’s gotta be tough
And I knew I wouldn’t be there to help ya along.
So I give ya that name and I said goodbye
I knew you’d have to get tough or die
And it’s the name that helped to make you strong.”
He said: "Now you just fought one hell of a fight
And I know you hate me, and you got the right
To kill me now, and I wouldn’t blame you if you do.
But ya ought to thank me, before I die,
For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye
Cause I’m the son-of-a-bitch that named you “Sue.'”
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So, really, if you are a man, the best thing you can do for your infant son is marry another man. Or something.