"I Will Kick Your A**" A Teacher Caught Bullying A Special Needs Student

That was on the news when I woke up this morning. A teacher was caught bullying and threatening a special needs child and it was caught on camera!
Children look up to teachers, and parents trust them to educate and guide their children and it really saddened me to see this video.

When the boy in the video asked his teacher not to call him special, the teacher insisted that he can call him whatever he wants and threatened to take it out of school.
“what are you going to do, what are you gong to do?” repeated his teacher.
It got so heated that you could see the teacher get in this student’s personal space.
“When you get out of school, I’ll be right there.” “There ain’t gonna be a stinking thing you can do.”
watch the video here
When the boy told his parents that he was being bullied at school by a teacher, they didn’t believe him but was appalled when he came home with the proof, a recording caught on a cell phone.
The teacher has been put on leave and they are investigating.


But this is becoming more common apparently. Just last week an Ohio couple slipped a recording device on their 14 year old special needs child in an attempt to prove that her instructors were bullying her. Read what happened here.


With everyone becoming more and more aware of bullying, It’s shocking to find out how common it is that there are people, educators, guides, role models, still lashing out at these children (or letting other children lash out on each other) and leaving the parents to feel helpless to the point that they are taking matters into their own hands.We remember the dad who confronted the bullies of his special needs child on the school bus, right?

So what can parents do to take a stand and stop feeling helpless?

• The first thing I would suggest is talking with your child about school on a regular basis because children view teacher’s as authority figures and are less likely to report if anything happens. 
• Keep your eyes out for sudden behavior changes, grade drops, and phrases like “my teacher doesn’t like me, my teacher thinks I’m stupid”. 
• Parents can also choose to volunteer at the school or set up a meeting to discuss their concerns. 
• If that goes no where, maybe talking to the principle might help. If the principle shrugs it off, (believe it or not, some do!) perhaps talking to the superintendent or school board may show some results.

Just remember to keep an open mind and to TALK about your concerns without yelling or jumping to conclusions, because yes, children can misinterpret things also.


But bullying between anyone is NOT ok and we must speak out and teach our children to speak out against it!

Have you had battle with school over bullying problems?
Would love your thoughts!

What Happened To Promoting Inner Beauty? (10Yr Old Wants Plastic Surgery)

Did anyone watch Dr. Phil the other day? I don’t watch it everyday because my hunni can’t stand him, but when I saw a commercial about a 10year old wanting to get plastic surgery I decided to take a break from thecomputer and go in the other room to watch it. If I were at my computer whilewatching it, my fingers would have written a book.  I was appalled. 

A ten year old girl wanted plastic surgery to look more likeMiley Cyrus. I also want to point out that the picture they kept putting up ofMiley was of her well into her teen’s. How can you compare a teenage body to aten year old’s? Might I also add that a 10 year old’s body hasn’t even finishedgrowing, much less a teen’s? 

I also noticed that every time Dr. Phil asked the little girl a question, she wouldtrail off and her mom would step in to answer. Her mom explained that if 3girls go into an interview, one gorgeous, one pretty, and one ugly, thegorgeous girl will always get hired and, since she wanted to supply herdaughter with everything she needed to succeed in life, she didn’t see aproblem with her daughter’s requests for freckle removal, botox, or plasticsurgery.

I kind of understand where she’s coming from. I don’t wantto say that “pretty people” get treated different and seem to succeed more, but it almost seems that way becauseof child beauty pageants, models, TV shows etc. And that’s notright. And it’s certainly not ok for parents to support that and teach their childrenthat looks will get them ahead in life. Children take things so literally. 

When my niece was around 11, I sat her down and had a talk with her about whatshe eats, and how unhealthy it is to be eating 2 of everything. I told her foodis good in moderation. “We have to be careful what we eat or we can get fat”. Afew days later, when I asked her to write in her daily sketchbook, 3 things shelikes about herself and 3 things she wants to change, one thing she said wasthat she wished she wasn’t fat. I immediately felt guilty. I never said she wasfat, and although I approached the situation with caution, she stillmisunderstood me and took what I’d said literally. 

 With advertisements, media, and people making it seem like popularity and beingbeautiful is the most important thing, parents should be promoting the innerbeauty. What happened to “everyone is beautiful just the way god made them”?This is what we should be teaching children instead of trying to rush them intogrowing up and throwing them at the cosmetic tables. This is a good example tohelp parents realize that children really do look up to them for guidance andto help them avoid getting caught up in the hype of media and appearances thatthey are barraged with every day. 

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A prime example of this is Lil Lohan’s new appearance. Idon’t know about you, but I thought she was pretty BEFORE the surgery.

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What do you think about children having plastic surgery orbotox to improve their appearance? What do you think are some ways that we canhelp our children to learn to love themselves as they are? 

Cool Back 2 School Ideas

After seeing so many different blog posts about how cool Pinterest is, I was curious to see for myself. 

So, being excited that next week, lil man starts school, I typed in back to school, and breakfast for kids, and this is the top ten coolest things that I saw!

My Top Ten Coolest Back to School Ideas On Pinterest

Putting this on the table for the first day of school is sure to put a smile on lil man’s face.

A great gift idea for the class, make sure the kids are old enough to read so they know it’s NOT candy!

Sounds yummy!

He always knows when I’m cooking cinnamon rolls.

How cute!

Looks like fruity Pebbles, what a great snack idea!

Mmmm looks like, apples, peanut butter, chocolate chips, and oats.

A great snack for school!

I love celery and peanut butter, why didn’t I think of this?

Another great snack idea!


So excited to start getting up early again and get back into the routine!

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