Daddysredhead
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Joined: 11/6/2005 From: Northern (yet still part of the South) Virginia Status: offline
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I admit that Thing 1 told me that some kids in one of his classes have been picking on him of late. I admit that these kids have no idea what kind of restraint it is taking him to walk away and deal with this crap quietly. I admit that I'm grateful that he knows that keeping his 'brown belt in Kung Fu tactics' under wraps whilst in school is a VERY good thing. I admit that I have sent a message to someone in charge at school to alert them that this is going on. I admit that I have been down this road before and they only need to check in with his old school to see how far this Mama Bear will go to make sure that her babies are not harassed while trying to get an education. I admit that no one at the old school was expecting the lengths that I went to a few years ago, but you can better believe that they will never forget it. (Calling a meeting of the school authorities, school resource officer from the Sheriff's Dept., the teachers who saw it and did nothing, my school board representative, and then doing a binder for each person in attendance that illustrated how the law in Virginia provides for a zero tolerance policy of bullying and the legal remedies that are afforded to someone if provisions are not put in place and used to prevent such behavior... yeah, I think they may recall who I am when I walk down the halls with Thing 2 now as she is at that school...) I admit that my ex-husband even sat a little taller in his chair during that meeting, said nothing, but watched me commandeer the entire room and explain that, as a legal professional and moreso as a mother, I had a damn zero tolerance policy, too. I admit that when we got home from that meeting, my ex looked at Thing 1 and said, "Give her a hug, son... Mommy just rocked their worlds, all for you." I admit that those words made me feel really good.
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