9yr old kid bullied, dad puts out a twitter message and gets an epic response in return

stuman said:
So a kid is winding up another kid by saying his birthday will be rubbish..... and this is bullying? really?

I fear for this kid now, as when he gets older, he will face far worse than "your birthday will suck, mine will always be better" and at that point, he won't have 10's of 1000's comforting social media hugs to get him through it. He will expect all the stars of the world to weigh in and defend his delicate little demeanour and that won't happen.
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It's quite clear that it's being going on for sometime and that this isn't the first incident. His Mother even posted a comment that described how hard it was trying to comfort a child who was convinced he shouldn't be there anymore. A little compassion goes a long way. It's also a massive leap to suggest that one act of kindness from his Dad in an effort to cheer him up is going to lead to him becoming a self entitled dishrag who can't handle the real world.
 
FortuitousFluke said:
It's quite clear that it's being going on for sometime and that this isn't the first incident. His Mother even posted a comment that described how hard it was trying to comfort a child who was convinced he shouldn't be there anymore. A little compassion goes a long way. It's also a massive leap to suggest that one act of kindness from his Dad in an effort to cheer him up is going to lead to him becoming a self entitled dishrag who can't handle the real world.
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fair post. but devils advocate again, i remember as a kid saying the same things at certain times if i didn't want to do something.
 
stuman said:
fair post. but devils advocate again, i remember as a kid saying the same things at certain times if i didn't want to do something.
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Context, I'd assume these comments are likely made when talking about what's going on, possibly when very upset, and likely form part of a pattern of behaviour. Most parents wouldn't be overly upset if their child stormed of saying they shouldn't be around anymore during a hissy fit about being allowed to go to the cinema for instance. It's all speculation from here on in, however my take on it, or the way I choose to interpret the situation with the info I have is that there is a bullying problem, the parents and child are genuinely impacted by this, and they've managed to do something nice for the kid.
 
Could also just be overly concerned parents and the kid just a normal 9 year old kid and with the bully also being a normal kid, talking about how he is better and has it nicer than everyone else.
 
I honestly pity some of you here that have such negativity engrained into your personalities.

It must be so tiring to go through a life where you see a dad try something out to help his kid out, get amazing responses from people all over the world trying to help, and your thought process is to belittle it/point out the flaws etc etc.

Oh and happy birthday kid! Stagger those days out so you don't exhaust yourself... haha
 
Avenged7Fold said:
Could also just be overly concerned parents and the kid just a normal 9 year old kid and with the bully also being a normal kid, talking about how he is better and has it nicer than everyone else.
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Absolutely, I'm just taking it at face value going by what the parents have said. Benefit of the doubt as it were. But you're absolutely right they could just be over-reacting.
 
MoRT489 said:
I don't think you understand bullying...
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From my personal experience it ends instantly when you hit the bully in the face, at that point you're more trouble than it's worth, and they actually respect you for standing up for yourself. That's all bullying is, it's kids/people preying on other kids/people they perceive as being too weak to stand up for themselves. Which is hardly surprising considering they're being raised by a bunch of males who go to Twitter when their kid is being bullied, I am actually embarrassed for him.
 
xxalxx said:
Thats a bit mean! :o
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by 'chuffed to bits' I meant I hope he's really happy

McGray said:
He'll probably be bullied more now.

Good job Dad.
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dunno about that - with this sort of awesome response form celebs most of his school will likely think it is pretty cool, I'd be slightly worried about the bully though if the rest of the school know who he is - I guess the dad was very conscious about that and quite clear that he didn't want the bully named on social media etc..
 
Roar87 said:
From my personal experience it ends instantly when you hit the bully in the face, at that point you're more trouble than it's worth, and they actually respect you for standing up for yourself. That's all bullying is, it's kids/people preying on other kids/people they perceive as being too weak to stand up for themselves. Which is hardly surprising considering they're being raised by a bunch of males who go to Twitter when their kid is being bullied, I am actually embarrassed for him.
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ALPHAAAAAAAAAA

I can guarantee, more people are embarrassed for you than you are that dad ;)
 
gord said:
Interesting logic, how did you reach that conclusion?

This has obviously drawn a lot of attention to a problem. Wherever the kid goes to school the teachers would now be on high alert to eradicate any bulling, not just this child.

But all of that falls by the wayside to the fact that this bully was obviously having a psychological impact on this child's life. Now that the kid has these confidence boosting messages he'll probably not give so much credence to the bully's words and once bullies lose their power over someone they tend to lost interest.
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Jealousy.
 
Roland Butter said:
It appears the bully just boasts that everything he has is great and everything the bullee has is ****.

I'm perplexed how this is deemed actual bullying.
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Bullying can be psychological as well as physical. Sticks and stones and all that but it still has an effect on some people.
 
Teaching a child that violence is the answer to some words they don't like to hear usually only ends one way, a martial art would help in ways where they could vent anger, be disciplined and know if they wanted to they could likely take on the bully physically but forcing them to go to boxing or whatever just so they can sock people the moment something is said they don't like is beyond stupid.
 
chef-borjan said:
I honestly pity some of you here that have such negativity engrained into your personalities.

It must be so tiring to go through a life where you see a dad try something out to help his kid out, get amazing responses from people all over the world trying to help, and your thought process is to belittle it/point out the flaws etc etc.

Oh and happy birthday kid! Stagger those days out so you don't exhaust yourself... haha
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I hear you mate, my sentiments exactly.
 
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