My son was picked on for years. He had curly hair and not the demeaner to defend himself when he was young. I did what I could when he was little but as he got older he didn't want me to interfer and "make it worse". In HS he had had enough and finally stood up for himself. It stopped.
The odd part I found was when I was in school the teachers intervened when someone bullied...they looked into the sorce of what was going on. Today the policies I have seen (OH and VA) was both the perpetrator and the victim are punished equally. So it never costs the Perpetrator more than the Victim. The Victims tend to keep quiet not to "make it worse" and the Perpetrator continues.
Good for your daughter for sticking up for herself. In my experience it would have just keep going. And what a brave little Gus for taking it into his little paws.
I don't like violence but in the adult world there are police and you have avenue for getting help. I think this is getting epidemic.
NOte: no one bothers my son today but he shaved his beautiful hair because (I believe) that is what he got the most bullying over: |