Comments on: I can’t protect him every single time

By: annamanila

annamanila — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:15:08 +0000

Gee, I know how that feels. My daughter was bullied around in grade school — and I taught her to fight back and really monitored her progress in developing defensive skills.

I would have filed a formal complaint too, as a last resort. Kagigil sila.

By: lady cess

lady cess — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:57:48 +0000

hi auee. hay naku, i know how you feel. kakainis naman yung jeanette na yon. ive heard of such reasoning and it really, really irks me. when our children enters the gate pa lang, responsibilidad na nila ang bata. grr!

By: Rowena

Rowena — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:20:04 +0000

Hi Auee, ganyan din sabi ko sa anak ko, fight back…hirap kasi pati teacher-aide or whatever that Jeanette does, walang malasakit…When my girls transferred to big school last year, me nambully kagad. I went to the Principal’s office, guidance counselor and the class adviser a day after it happened. Hayun, narendahan kagad ang bully..From then on di na sya makalapit sa anak ko…

By: denden

denden — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:07:33 +0000

cge, sabihin mo lang at puntahan natin on my way to work. hehe. sa dagenham ba yun?

By: Rach (Heart of Rachel)

Rach (Heart of Rachel) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:42:58 +0000

I can relate to your story. Yohan has a classmate who often hurts him but in this case, the boy is a special child. In the Philippines, it is now a modern practice to integrate special education in private schools. I’m not sure about the ratio but I think that in Yohan’s school, they can accept one special child for each class (subject to proper assessment). Anyway, Yohan often tells me about how this boy hurts him in school. Nothing serious but for a mom, I’m still alarmed. I just told the teacher about it and she said she is constantly keeping on eye on the boy. The boy is a nice child, but sometimes due to his condition, his actions can be quite unpredictable.

Recently, Yohan came out of his class crying. I immediately asked him what was wrong. Apparently, he was upset because his teacher put the boy in the “quiet chair”. When I talked to the teacher, she said that the boy struck her so she gently reprimanded him by placing him in the “quiet chair”. The incident had nothing to do with Yohan. I realized that despite some untoward incidents in the past, Yohan still had a soft heart for his classmate.

Oops, napahaba story ko. Sensya na.

By: Mhalou

Mhalou — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:32:55 +0000

I’ve read somewhere that behind a bully is a sad story. The little boy could be a victim too maybe at home but then again, it is still not good to hit somebody. I had the same experience with my daughter. She has this male classmate who used to hit her and sometimes pushing her or pulling her arms. Told her to stay away from the boy or just punch him in the face if he continues to do so. Sigh. Wish we could just fight for our little ones.

By: feng

feng — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:06:38 +0000

I can totally relate to this. frustrating talaga that we can’t protect them all the time, esp. when they’re in school tapos something unpleasant happens.

next time, have Kelvin attend taekwando classes para may pang self defense.

By: auee

auee — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:01:13 +0000

hi chung,
thanks for dropping-by. Eto just saw the news there’s another suicide victim, query for bullying.
Sana nga matutong lumaban.

hi toe,
Salamat. Kainis talaga nung makita ko nga kaninang umaga gusto kong dunggulin. May mga orgs nga dito, tingnan ko nga, tama ka. Thanks for the advise.

hi tito rolly,
Yeah we’ve been telling him to tell their staff. But we only started telling him to push back after this last incident. When I spoke to the staff last time, I made sure the kid was within hearing distance. Konting panakot ‘baga.

hi denden,
Salamat. Musta na? Samahan mo nga ako minsan sa nursery at pagtulungan natin hehe

By: denden

denden — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:41:12 +0000

grabe talaga ang mga bata dito. kainis! pero mas nakakainis yung staff na deadma lang.

welcome back

By: rolly

rolly — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:55:56 +0000

It is unfortunate that this Jeanette won’t do anything about it. So what if it was outside the nuyrsery. Bullying is no light matter. I would have instructed my children to tell an adult leader first about what happened. That is under normal circumstances but when this fails, I told them to fight back. This is one fight they will have to face by themselves. We cannot fight for them. I hope by this time, that bully has stopped already.