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Home › Articles › Discipline › Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones

Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones

And Words Can Hurt, Too

By Donna Smith

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girl Sue from New York, whose son was bullied at school, says, "As an adult, we are told we don't have to take harassment and have laws to protect us. Kids are told 'It'll make you strong,' and have to suffer." Sue had a friend tell her, "If you take him out of the situation, he'll only learn to run away from trouble." Sue's answer to that? "Where does it say that kids have to take humiliation, physical attacks and abuse?"

"I think the bullying affected me until I became a mother," says Heather. "Before that, I never stood up for myself. I watched everything I said so I didn't make anyone mad at me. That changed when my kids were born. I'd fight a bear for them and would stick up to anyone for them. The fear I live with is that my kids will go through the same thing as I did. I'll do anything to keep that from happening."

Being bullied can leave both physical and emotional scars. Whoever said, "Sticks and stone may break my bones, but words can never hurt me," was never bullied – or has a very short memory.


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