“Is a Mother’s Guilt Justified? The Shocking Transformation of a 9-Year-Old into a Karate-Wielding Defender”
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When a bully threatened her best friend with violence, the girl decided to show him what she had learned
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The mother posted an updated a day later, detailing her meeting with the school administrator
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The mom doesn’t blame anyone and hopes schools can become places where every child can feel safe
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u/TrueNefariousness462 tells Bored Panda that she decided to post to Reddit because it’s a great place to vent and ask for advice. “It’s been a hard few years and sometimes it’s hard to find someone to talk to,” the mom admits.
“Especially when you feel like you’re in the wrong. I fully believed that I had made my child feel like she had to [bear this burden] on her own. I just needed an outside perspective. Reddit really helps with that, especially due to the anonymity.”
In the update, she detailed how the school was seemingly taking the bully’s side, yet the mom hopes the school can be a safe space for everybody in the future. “If there is an issue, no child [should] feel like they have to tackle it alone.”
“I don’t want anyone feeling like they have to defend themselves and others, especially when talking it out is probably the only way you can truly get to the bottom of the problem.”
She hopes that the school staff becomes more informed on what to do in cases like these. “I would like for the teachers and support staff to truly get the support they need, whether that be more resources, access to more advanced learning to help deal with children’s mental health or even more play supervisors so they can be more available if needed.”
The mother also says she doesn’t blame anyone. “I don’t feel anyone is truly at fault, there has just been a lot of miscommunication or no communication which has led to gaps within their infrastructure where children are falling through and being left behind.”
She does, however, hope that the school will be more accountable in the future. “I entrust them to look after my child for seven hours a day, in that time anything could happen, I need them to be vigilant and honest, especially when it comes to instances of bullying”
“It’s okay if they didn’t see it firsthand, it’s okay if they didn’t know it was going on. But what are they going to do about it now [that] they know? No more burying their head in the sand.”
The Redditor believes all children deserve to be loved equally, no matter their gender identity
