Sticks and Stones
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» colleenmwilliams - Words do hurt...
I agree that sticks and stones may break your bones, but words can wound your heart.Happy Holidays to you and yours and thanks for all your hard work. I look forward to working with you in the New Year.
-- posted by colleenmwilliams
» kluke39mc - Re: Words do hurt...
In response to message posted by colleenmwilliams:I am a mother of mixed children. I always had a fear of my girls experiencing teasing and taunting because of this. They are beautiful, and they have not experienced any trouble to speak of as far as their looks. The most noticeable thing to me, was that they always felt they had to "fit in". They worried about having the right clothes, the acceptable hairstyle, the latest style in bookbags, jeans, sneakers...etc. Well...I ended up just pulling my girls out of publice school eventually, and homeschooling them. The stress they were experiencing wasn't worth it to me. They were too caught up in trying to not bring any unwanted attention upon them, that their studies suffered. This was not isolated to just my girls, I saw it in the majority of the students. I decided to allow my kids to be at home, away from the pressures of society and the public school cafeteria. I am glad I made the decision I did, and although educating them at home does not always go as planned...I wouldn't change a thing. I had an advantage in the fact that I didn't pull them out until later in highschool, so they had received the basic structure and socialization that many fear would be a negative to miss out on. I'd like it to be known as well, that I grew up with a mentally challenged and physically handicapped brother...so I have seen the cruelty, and I have felt the pain of how others can be. I can also see it in children who do not have the most popular clothing and the nicest hair. Society has a lot of work to do when it comes to how we look at and judge others. What ever happened to the old belief that "you can't judge a book by it's cover"...or "it's not what's on the outside that counts, it's what's on the inside"..?
Karoline Lucas
-- posted by kluke39mc
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