Hi Robin.  Talking about school bullying...
->RA> If one adult did this to another, it would be considered a
->criminal act and the perpetrator, if not mentally ill or retarded,
->would probably be charged with assault and battery.  Why, then, is
->this society so willing to allow children to get away with this
->behavior.
I do wonder if perhaps we just aren't interested in children or still
don't understand how critical childhood is.
-> RA>My mother is also one of those who feels the same way this mother
->(?) does--to this day she blames me for having been the victim of
->abuse in the public school system and believes I have a defective
->character because I wasn't able to deal with the bullies.
I feel that your mother is in the wrong here.  Sounds like denial to me.
Children should not be expected to control the behaviour of other
children.
-> RA>Lorraine, this message never reached me directly; all I saw of it
->was in Sondra's response.  I am deeply interested in seeing the entire
->message. If you or somebody else (perhaps our kind moderator?) still
->has the message, could you either repost it or netmail it to me?
I've responded in netmail.  I don't have my original message any more,
but I think Sondra quoted most of it anyhow.  BFN.
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