Teasing/Harassing | ADHD Information

I Think this might solve a theory that i have. We'll wait until we get enough posts, then we'll talk about it...

Others can always find something to make fun of someone with. Disability kids usually are teased more. That is why I prefer Full time SE won't happen there.

This shouldn't be allowed but unfortunately staff do little regarding this at times. Staff are strapped these days just like us parents. They have to cover there butts to protect from CPS.

 

Esuvee -

What's the theory?

Teased horribly in grade school.  By high school I had learned cues much better. no - really enjoyed the social side of school. not sure how much that has
to do with it being in the UK though. it could be that kids there are just
that much more tolerant and there is less acceptance of cliquey-ness and
bullying in general --- or perhaps i was just fortunate to go to a really
nice all girls school...??? where everyone was a bit gentle and the ethos
was far more look out for each other - rather than attack each other! GW must have been a serious mess as a kid, wealthy parents can't help a problem child any more than poor or middle class parents!  George and Barb should have medicated the heck out of little 'W' and kept him in the basement! I wasn't diagnosed w/add until adulthood.  I'm also 6'4" and nearly 300 lbs.  So I was a big, imposing kid who rarely got teased.  I remember sticking up for friends who were 'nerds' or had learning disabilities like add. 
    Kids can be just plain mean, it all comes down to ego and insecurity.  It always turns out that the kids who bully the most have the biggest problems and craziest home lives.  One bully in 5th grade had pants-wetting problems and in turn was teased then teased and fought back when bolder kids would make fun.  Public school in America (probably ALL school) is very depressing for most kids.
     I wasn't seriously picked on but I was singled out for being tall and having scars on my face from birhtmark removals.  I always walked away from conflict and 'turned the other cheek' as my mom and dad taught me.  I kinda wish now I would have fought back, but I realize it would have been futile.  I guess the best thing we can do as adults and parents is talk with our kids about every aspect of their lives and let them know that certain things are just difficult and certain people are mean because they dislike themselves.  In adulthood, I think we underestimate the intelligence and sensitivity of our kids.  Messed up kids become baggage-laden, insecure adults.  I am not an expert but I think communication is the key to many such issues. i read an article recently that said messed-up, bullying, insecure kids in fact tend to become "republicans".  and those children who are more secure in themselves, at ease with themselves and their ego tend to become "liberals and/or democrats"....

so there you go!  funny old world.