[Latuya]

Do any of you have a goodie tooshoes for a daughter? My youngest Val is such a worry wart. The honest one by far in our family. She is one of those who will stress about her grades. God forbid if she ever got any grade lower then a B. She is very quiet and sweet. A neat freak big time. I don't know where she gets that from? Well she's been having a problem with a brat from her school. This girl lives on the next street over and even bullies her here at home. It's been to where she doesn't even to go outside and play. When I ask her if there was something wrong, she says no, that it is just too hot to play. I know my daughter and knew she was hiding something. I over heard her crying to my older daughter about this bully last night. I felt so bad. She didn't want to tell me because she knew I would talk to her parents and she didn't want to give the girl something to bully her even more. So my older daughter told her that she needs to stand up for herself and not let her bully or boss her around.

I'm making dinner today when I hear Gus going crazy!!! He was running from door to door barking. There was something different about his bark so I open the door and Gus takes off running. I can't run all that fast because of my ankel, but when I got to the end of the garage,,, I see my daughter and this bully going at it on the side walk 2 houses down and my son and his friends are trying to break them apart. This little quiet, sweet girl turned into Tyson. Gus was defending his sister. I had to get him out of the way so he wouldn't get hurt or hurt the brat. I was so proud of both my babies,,, Val for finally standding up for herself and Gus for protecting his sister. She thought she was going to be in a lot of trouble but I told her,,,,,, I really don't condone fighting,,,,, but if any of my kids have to defend themselves as a last resort,,, by all means do so. As for the bully, I had to take her home and tell her parent what had happened. Looks like she will be grounded for a while. And my Val,,,,, she has a small scatch on her left cheek but feels good about standing up for herself. I kept her in for the rest of the day as punishment,,,, had to play the part that I wasnt happy that she kicked this bully ass!!!