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It's interesting to read people complain about how the schools are out of control when it's the parents that have taken away a school's ability to discipline their children. And other's say that retaliation is bad because one never knows who might be armed. But when you read about a school shooting...it's rarely the bully that picked up the gun...it's usually the victim who felt persecuted...yet that fact hasn't managed to deter the bullies.
It's important for people to realize that boys and girls tend to internalize things differently. That's why the majority of school shootings are carried out by boys while the majority of teen suicides are committed by girls. So what might be good advice in one circumstance won't work at all in another. And unfortunately, bullying has never been just a school problem...it's a life problem...so teaching young people better coping skills is always the best answer.
I hope your granddaughter is able to get the help she needs and with the right support will eventually come to realize that nobody else can define who or what she is.
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