Today, in the NY Times there was an article on Cyberbullying (
How Should Schools Handle Cyberbullying? - NYTimes.com).
It starts off like this:
"The girl’s parents, wild with outrage and fear, showed the principal the text messages: a dozen shocking, sexually explicit threats, sent to their daughter the previous Saturday night from the cellphone of a 12-year-old boy. Both children were sixth graders at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood, N.J.
Punish him, insisted the parents.
“I said, ‘This occurred out of school, on a weekend,’ ” recalled the principal, Tony Orsini. “We can’t discipline him.”
Had they contacted the boy’s family, he asked.
Too awkward, they replied. The fathers coach sports together.
What about the police, Mr. Orsini asked.
A criminal investigation would be protracted, the parents had decided, its outcome uncertain. They wanted immediate action.
They pleaded: “Help us.”
... "
Hlep Us? Help your self. The tools are in your hands...
Per this article, the parents do not want to talk the other parents. This is a sad state of affairs. The bullied kid's Dad has a relationship with the other family but does not want to use it to speak up for his family. What message is he giving his family?
Frankly, Quit yer *****in'