Bullying 1

Your child may be at risk in your school and you'll never know until you find their body or read the note saying why. Your child may not tell you, but you might feel there's something wrong; just can't put your finger on it. Is the coach being too hard? Is my child having study issues? Maybe they didn't make the team they tried out for: cheerleading, football, basketball, wrestling, etc. Whatever. Your kid needs you more than you know. You wake them up, get them around, feed them breakfast, send/take them to school, tell them you love them, and do your own things whle they proceed their education. The kid may or may not believe you when you tell them you love them, because of the bullying; it's usually a problem when somethings been said to the parent(s) , but there's nothing they feel they could do to stop it; they've told their parent(s) but the parent only said "If you fight back, they'll stop." or "That's not my problem". Those are the kind of words that make them feel thrown to the wolves by the very ones they love.

There's many types of bullying: Cyber, empty hallway, sexual herassment, school bus, bus stop, etc.



Cyber bullying is when the chld gets hate mail through the internet or the act of bullying happening to them is broadcasted on the internet for all to see. This could make the child paranoid to who might have seen it. When they see it, they might believe that everyone has seen it. The hate mail could be the hate mail from other students or random people they may or may not have talked to online. Most times one ca n send you email by seeing your name in a Yahoo! chat room and just add @yahoo.com to their name. If you hve more than one yahoo name with that account you could designate one for your email that you might not use, which might only be given to those they trust.

Bus stop bullying is when the children who wait for the bus are being picked on or beaten or pushed around. If this is the case, and you as the parent(s) cannot wait with them  to assure them safety until the bus arrives, but after that, the parent hasn't any more authority on the bus than the student. A bully will see where one door closes, another one will open. The front of the bus is usually the safest place so the driver could have a better chance of catching the bully. The back is   a better chance to bully another student. Especially if the bus is seated to grade.



Sexual bullying is when a student is bullied because of their sexuality. The child may be straight, gay, bisexual, transexual, transgender, etc. Whatever. Sexuality is not something that should be guilty about, any more than the girls should feel guilty about getting together for face masking at a sleep over. No matter the gender, they get picked on. You as a parent may or may not know their chosen sexuality. You might know and never say a word until they come out "of the closet". You as the parent(s) are an important facter in whether the child comes out or not. If you're okay with your childs sexuality, then let them know. Express it subtley if you are too afraid to bring the conversation up.
Many Christian religions are ...not so understanding. The express it genuinely how much of a sin it is. There are other religions that do not mind ANY chosen sexuality such as : Paganism, Neopaganism, Greek pathways, Roman pathways, Celtic pathways, Egyptian ways, Norse ways.

Aztec: Tezcatlipoca, Tlazoteotl, Xochipili, Xochiquetzal

Buddhist: Quan Yin/Avalokiteshvara

Hindu: Agni, Bahuchara Mata, Ganesha, Indra, Ishvara, Kali-ma, Shiva/Siva, Vishnu

Native American/Inuit: Sedna

Sumerian: Asushunamir

Vodou: Baron Samedi, Damballah, Erzulie/Ezili, Ghede Nibo

Welsh: Bran

Not all gods restrict their love to just one gender. Love is love after all.
Writing things on their lockers or on the inside of their locker for them to find. Your child may be straight, but that doesn't stop the bully from embarrassing them with those words. False accusations of sexuality are dangerous until the one getting bullied commits suicide, know what I mean?

Empty hallway is as it says it is. The child is found in an empty hallway with their bully, who uses it to their advantage.
Help your child understand that there's something that can be done about the way they're being treated.  It's not okay to be talked down to by your fellow students (or coworkers, boss, teachers, school princeble, partner, parent[s]), or anyone else. There are consequencest for this treatment and death is one of them. The  one being bullied could commit suicide or the bully could end up killing the one their bullying. The one being bullied could end up a bully themself in the future- whether they're still in school or not. It could effect the way they act at home or towards their partner or their employees and so on and so forth.
((look for part 2 in the future))

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Goth Craft: the Magickal Side of Dark Culture, RaVeN DiGiTaLiS, Llewellyn Publications, First edition, First printing, 2007