{"id":7858,"date":"2024-03-16T17:25:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T16:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=7858"},"modified":"2024-03-16T17:25:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T16:25:57","slug":"mom-goes-viral-after-making-her-son-wear-im-a-bully-t-shirt-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=7858","title":{"rendered":"Mom goes viral after making her son wear \u201cI\u2019m a bully\u201d t-shirt to school"},"content":{"rendered":"

That bullying has absolutely no place in the world is something that we\u2019re all taught \u2013 or at least, all should be taught \u2013 from the earliest of ages.<\/p>\n

Making someone else\u2019s life a misery, coercing or forcing them to do things against their will, harassing or intimidating or subjecting them to abuse are despicable practices. In an ideal world, bullying isn\u2019t something anyone should be put through.<\/p>\n

Sadly, we don\u2019t live in an ideal world, and bullying remains rife in schools and work places, sometimes even at home. The best approach to tackling bullies differs depending on who you\u2019re asking, but one mom from Texas went viral a few years ago after handling a particularly sensitive situation in a manner that drew praise and criticism in equal measure.<\/p>\n

I have always told my children that they can be whoever they want to be, express themselves in whatever way comes natural to them. An ironclad rule that\u2019s always existed in my household, however, is that bullying will never be tolerated.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, I\u2019ve never fielded the dreaded phone call from school or another child\u2019s parent to inform me that my sons have been bullying anyone else. That said, I have spent time in the past wondering just how I\u2019ll go about disciplining them should that day ever come.<\/p>\n

One mother in Texas was faced with that predicament back in 2018, and her controversial response ended up getting a lot of traction online. As per reports, the mom in question, Star, was made aware that her fifth grade son was calling other boys \u201cstupid\u201d and \u201cidiots.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nCredit \/ YouTube \u2013 Fox News Insider<\/p>\n

So, Star took action. \u201cI did what I had to do to stop it from progressing,\u201d the mom told KTRK at the time. \u201cI\u2019m a very old-school parent. I don\u2019t coddle my children. I don\u2019t sugarcoat the world to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

And it turns out that what Star deemed the appropriate response to her son\u2019s harmful actions was forcing him to wear a t-shirt to school that read: \u201cI am a BULLY\u201d.<\/p>\n

The mom also posted a picture of her son wearing the shirt to her Facebook account, writing: \u201cI posted it to reach out to the parents of any of the kids my son may have bullied so that each one of them couId get a personal apology.\u201d<\/p>\n

Needless to say, the decision to publicly punish her son was met with mixed reactions online, with people divided as to whether or not Star was going too far.<\/p>\n

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\nCredit \/ YouTube \u2013 Fox News Insider<\/p>\n

Dr. Richard Pesikoff, a child psychiatrist, stated his belief that the unusual punishment could have actually done more harm than good.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot a good idea to embarrass your child and solidify a negative identity in an elementary school child. She needs to find somebody to help her and I think the school is one resource,\u201d he said, according to KTRK.<\/p>\n

Star, meanwhile, said her son\u2019s school was 100 percent on-board and that they understood why she made her son wear the t-shirt. The mom ultimately took the picture down from Facebook after receiving negative feedback.<\/p>\n