How Mom Should Handle High School Bullies
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Hi, Dr. Laura. Thank you so much for taking my call. I attribute much of my happy life to your advice. I've been married 24 years and I have two hideous children and I'm so thankful for all you've done for me. Thank you.

So I have a question today about my daughter. She's 15 years old and attends a private school. She's attended this school since she was in kindergarten. And she is struggling a little bit with her female friendships. And I'm doing my best to not meddle and allow her to work. Help me with one thing. How big is the class?

I don't know, is she only in one class where they all march to different subjects or in each subject of that day? Is there a different class? Tell me what she's experiencing. So she's in one with one group of kids. There are 60 children in the freshman class. But how many girls and how many boys? Biological girls and biological boys.

Right. I believe there's 10 of each in her class of 20. Okay. We're going to be talking about some of these kids. So before we talk about some of these kids, I'm guessing, I'd like you to tell me about how many of these kids represent the story you're bringing me today. 10 girls, 10 boys, 5 girls, 5 boys, 10 girls, no boys. Tell me what the distribution is.

of difficulties that she's having. My understanding is that it's all the girls and one of the boys. And I can explain that. Do you really? Okay. And why would, what unifies the girls like the Democrats? What unifies the girls? This is important. No giggling. Oh, I did make a joke. Yeah, you can giggle. I apologize. I apologize. No, no, I'm the one who made the joke. So, you know, you're off.

So I want to know what unifies them. Now think for a minute, because this is extraordinarily important. What is unifying them? My understanding from my daughter and I, I take about, I don't want to hear it from your daughter. She's a little kid. She can't think on this level yet. Sorry. From the teachers, from other parents, from the school administration, what is unifying the girls against her?

The what's unifying the girls against her is that one of the boys is a boyfriend of one of the girls. And they believe that my daughter is flirting with the boy. So this makes 10 girls be mean to your kid. That's correct. Is this a religious school or just a private school? Yes, ma'am. It's a religious school. Are you ready to go to war? Yes, ma'am. Just put your kid in therapy.

I'm ready to go to war. Okay, this is a religious school. You are now going to get an attorney. And you're going to talk about bullying and the discrimination because these idiot girls are upset about a boy. By the way, is she flirting? She says she is not. And this is a boy she's been friends with for most of her time at the school. And is the boy saying she's flirting?

He's saying she's not. Okay, perfect. This is perfect. You're going to get an attorney. You're going to show up at the school and you're going to say, I want all the parents. I want the teachers. I want everybody in here. This is going to be dealt with on a group level. These mean girl bullshit is not going to stay. They've been friends. This is a religious school. You folks are not teaching the religion part because this is not how, is this a Christian school?

Yes, ma'am. This bullying is not how Christians behave and singling somebody out and go after them. And if the administration has not been doing anything, the teachers have not been doing anything, I now demand all the kids involved and all their parents and the administration get into a room and deal with it. If not, lawsuit time. Absolutely. I have my marching orders. That's what I would be doing hand in hand with you, kiddo.

None of this bullshit in a religious school. I won't tolerate it. All right. Perfect. Well, you've answered my question. I'm so thankful for you. So that's 11 parents, parents and 11 kids in a meeting. Yes. With the administration at one time. And this will all be discussed. Even if she were flirting. This is not Christian behavior. Absolutely. I agree with you completely. Good.

Go for it, mom. If you need any more help from me, you can tell them, you can tell the principal and the supervisor and whoever else is in charge of that school that you contacted me and I am staying abreast of how this goes. Absolutely. Well, thank you very much. I appreciate it. It just scares them.

Yes, I agree. It just scares them. But I'm not mentioning the school on the air doing any of that stuff. This is all for you to do. But it helps people to know that somebody, big sister is watching. Absolutely. Absolutely. Perfect. Well, thank you very much. I appreciate it. Have a wonderful day. Thank you. And to you. Yeah, I don't tolerate this brutal stuff against kids. And a Christian school. Give me a break.

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