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Originally Posted by cannon7
Thanks for insulting my parental skills based on a post.
I have a daughter with down syndrome. She was bullied growing up. When I witnessed it my first instinct was violence. But I didn't go with my first instinct. My second instinct was to take the bully aside and have a private conversation with them. I explained to them that while my daughter didn't act like the other kids, she still felt the same when bullied. I'd then ask the bully what they would think if my daughter was their sister and they saw someone else bullying them. Without fail they'd say they wouldn't like it. Then I'd tell them I don't like it. And neither does she. Then I'd ask if it will stop. Without fail, they'd say yes. Even if they weren't sure if they meant it. Then I'd tell them I was going to hold them to it. And they would. Even the kids I was certain would reoffend. At least with my daughter, they didn't.
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And what if they did? For seven long years of mental and physical bullying even when you asked them to stop, to the point where they had to go to court for it? Would that still be “we all do stupid things at that age”?
If so, you’re a stronger person than me, good on you. But until he can actually show he’s changed, and that includes apologising in person like the grown individual some claim him to be, he deserves to live with it hanging over him.
Nobody is stopping him from forgiveness and moving on from this. He is. That’s it.