Mom Handles Her Daughter’s Bully Like A Mob Boss By ‘Hiring’ A Couple Of Kids To Beat Him Up
Being called “stupid” and a “loser,” having someone push you into a locker or trip you in the hallway, and getting your lunch money stolen – chances are, most of you know exactly what it’s like to be bullied by nasty little punks!
This netizen’s mom, though, wasn’t having it, so to school her kid’s bully, she decided to pay two boys the same age as him to, well, beat him up.
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Third grader gets sucker punched by an older kid after he found out her mom called CPS
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The woman learns about the unfortunate events and comes up with a plan
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“My mom hired two kids to beat up my childhood bully” – this internet user took to one of Reddit’s most vengeful communities to tell its members a tale of how her mother dealt with her childhood bully back in the ’80s. The post managed to garner over 15K upvotes as well as 878 comments discussing the situation.
Now, did you know that according to PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center, which provides innovative resources for students, parents, educators, and others and recognizes bullying as a serious community issue, “one out of every five (20.2%) students report being bullied”?
Being a kid is an incredible stage of life that many folks look back on with fondness; however, despite all the blissful memories, for the bulk of us, it also came with a fair share of challenges.
Most children get teased by their siblings and/or friends at some point, and it’s not usually harmful when it’s done mutually and gets a laugh out of both kids. But when it turns into something awful, where a child fears doing basic day-to-day activities like going to school – it’s time to raise the alarm!
Power imbalances; the influence of peers; toxic family dynamics; insecurity and competition; a lack of empathy, and perhaps education – there are a million and one reasons why kids choose to bully other kids, and it’s your responsibility as a parent to guide them through the tough time and minimize its effect on their well-being.
For instance, Understood, a nonprofit organization that provides resources and support so people who learn and think differently can thrive, urges parents to follow these steps:
- Care for your child;
- Use open-ended questions to encourage them to share and document the facts;
- Review the school’s anti-bullying policy and any state laws;
- Report it;
- Monitor the school’s response;
- If nothing gets done, take it up the chain of command;
- Finally, contact a lawyer if needed.
In the words of Dr. Haim Ginott, “Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression,” so always support and advocate for your little one!
She goes to the “worst” area of Detroit and pays some boys $20 each to set the bully straight
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Today’s story, though, takes place in the ’80s – a very different time with its own rules and regulations!
The OP was a third grader, just like her bully – however, he failed two grades, so he was a tad older. The two also lived in the same neighborhood, and back then, AC wasn’t as popular, meaning that most folks would just leave their doors open.
One day, when she was walking to her friend’s condo, she heard some screaming and pounding, and when she turned to look – she saw the bully’s sister literally flying across the room.
Naturally, she went back home and reported everything to her mom, which prompted the woman to call CPS and have all five kids taken away. But again, it was the ’80s, so the kids returned home relatively quickly after the parents promised not to do it again.
Anywho, the bully found out who called CPS, and shortly after, sucker punched the Redditor at the bus stop.
When her mother learned about this, she headed to the “worst” area of Detroit and paid two kids the same age as him to go and beat him up.
Crazy, but at least it worked, eh?
Fellow online community members shared their thoughts and opinions
I know what the kid did was inexcusable but it really sounds like the kids were being abused at home (i.e being taken away by CPS) His behaviour was obviously a biproduct of that. Sure, it was the 80s,but nowadays we know better. Your mom arranging for an abused kid to be beaten up doesn't seem like something to brag about in hindsight.
The people saying this is inappropriate have either never been bullied or ARE bullies. Schools do nothing. Cops do nothing. Lawsuits do nothing. Talking to parents does nothing. Violence isn't an answer - it's a question. Sometimes the answer is YES. When I was being bullied in elementary school my parents came to talk with the admin and were given the runaround. Dad pulled me into the meeting and in front of all the useless adults told me that if I defended myself and "these people" had the audacity to punish me I would be praised and rewarded at home.
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So, her mom hired two 9-or-10-year-old kids in another area of the city, and drove them to her neighborhood (which is essentially kidnapping) to beat up a child for money? What a psycho, if this is even true.
The kid was held back... so she went to Detroit and randomly picked up two 11-12 year olds 🙄... ONE: White people couldn't just roll into "the worst area of Detroit" in the 80s and pick up kids. Trying to pick up a couple kids at Mack & Chalmers would get your car taken at the very least. TWO: That isn't how "Italians deal with things." As a multiracial kid in an east side Italian family, you have plenty of "family" that will deal with it - whether that be siblings or "cousins," there are ways.
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I got bullied all the way up to my sophomore year in high school. It actually started when my dad lost his job and we ended up living in a trailer. Most kids by 10th grade had stopped, they had better things to do. But this one girl just kept at me. Finally one day, I was walking down the sidewalk in front of the school to catch the bus, arms loaded with books and my clothes from gym class. She was yelling at me & I was trying to ignore her. She grabbed my hoodie and said, "I'm talking to you!". I threw everything down on the sidewalk and put all 110lbs of me behind my fist. Twice. In her face. She left me alone after that. Kinda sad that's what it took to make her stop, but sometimes that's all that works.
Sounds like this kid already got the snot beat out of him on a regular basis and I don't see how inciting more violence helped anyone.
He stopped - that's success. You "violence is never okay" people need to stop watching after school specials.
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As another panda recently put it: fück that, fight fire with molotov cocktails. Bullies only understand strength.
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I am not a grammar nazi in any way, but holy s**t that was hard to read!
Fiction often can be. I've read that when people "embellish" a not so true narrative, they typically pepper said story with unnecessary details. Redditors are often gullible.
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My son was bullied. I told him as soon as the bully got to school to punch him in the nose. I also him told him that he would get into trouble at school for doing it but that I would not be mad. He didn't hit hit bully when he showed up but did it after school let out. The bully left him alone after that. Yes, the bully was reported after each instance but the school ignored it saying he was acting out because his parents were going through a divorce at the time. So was my sons parents and he wasn't a bullying classmates.
I assure all of you, that is NOT how Italians deal with things. I stopped reading after that sentence.
I call BS on this story. No way any mother with ANY common sense thinks "Hey, let me just have some random kids beat up my kid's bully to stop this from happening. I'll pay them $20 each. I'm sure their mother or father won't mind me kidnapping them." BS BP. This never happened.
This reminds me of the movie The War with Eliah Wood and Kevin Costner, when he gave the kids that bullied a couple of sugar cotton and when Eliah asked him why he did that Costner answered 'cause it looks like nobody's done something nice to them in a while'
Edit: that bullied Eliah Wood, who played Costner's son.
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they tried to do the right by calling CPS. OP is still being bullied and harmed. mum did the only other thing she could think of to protect her kid. i support that. sorry the bully had a hard home life, but you have to do something to protect your own kid.
Growing up in the foster care system, I was bullied from first through ninth grade. Some of the things that were done to me are unmentionable. Except for sending me home "for my own good," no one (teachers, legal guardians, faculty) did anything about it. Not. One. Damned. Thing. It wasn't until I left the system at age 15 (and that shìtty town with its equally shìtty schools) that things took a turn for the best. When my dad regained custody of three of his four kids, it was understood that you didn't mess with his kids. By that time, I realized that sometimes you have to defend yourself by any means possible. No one bullied me ever again.
These reasons to fight in the comments… “to stop a fight” - that is just stupid and dangerous. That is how some people I used to know got themselves killed. It is cool to be a hero, but I choose my kids to stay alive. Maybe the person who raises her son like that doesn’t really know what it can mean. But I spent my childhood in Russia in 90s and that advice “when to fight is ok” just sucks.
It's totally okay for you just to look out for yourself, but please understand that some people are brought up in a different manner, looking out for their friends.
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My stepdad told me if somebody was coming at me to shove my book bag into their stomach and then punch them in the throat. The bag to the stomach throws them off balance, and the throat punch causes them to not breathe so good. It's hard to fight if you're unbalanced and out of breath/choaking.
"Capo" means "head," so he must have been The Boss.
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This sounds like bad revenge fiction. The whole picking up random kids in Detroit does not sound even remotely believable.
Nothing nice happens in this story. My only question is, does one punch amount to bullying?
That's not how Italians do things. It's how some Americans with Italian ancestry do things. This is called using your heritage as an (invalid) excuse for being a bad person.
I dont buy this based on the simple fact that most people in bad neighborhoods tend to get pissed and offended when offered trifles for acts of violence. Friggin rude.
This entire story is so fake. Yeah, right, a mom hired kids to beat up another kid and everyone is proud of her? I find it horrendous and it teaches the kids to use violence to solve their problems.
Two wrongs don't make a right. You can't do that now, and couldn't do it then, unless you were actually doing "our thing".
I know what the kid did was inexcusable but it really sounds like the kids were being abused at home (i.e being taken away by CPS) His behaviour was obviously a biproduct of that. Sure, it was the 80s,but nowadays we know better. Your mom arranging for an abused kid to be beaten up doesn't seem like something to brag about in hindsight.
The people saying this is inappropriate have either never been bullied or ARE bullies. Schools do nothing. Cops do nothing. Lawsuits do nothing. Talking to parents does nothing. Violence isn't an answer - it's a question. Sometimes the answer is YES. When I was being bullied in elementary school my parents came to talk with the admin and were given the runaround. Dad pulled me into the meeting and in front of all the useless adults told me that if I defended myself and "these people" had the audacity to punish me I would be praised and rewarded at home.
Load More Replies... So, her mom hired two 9-or-10-year-old kids in another area of the city, and drove them to her neighborhood (which is essentially kidnapping) to beat up a child for money? What a psycho, if this is even true.
The kid was held back... so she went to Detroit and randomly picked up two 11-12 year olds 🙄... ONE: White people couldn't just roll into "the worst area of Detroit" in the 80s and pick up kids. Trying to pick up a couple kids at Mack & Chalmers would get your car taken at the very least. TWO: That isn't how "Italians deal with things." As a multiracial kid in an east side Italian family, you have plenty of "family" that will deal with it - whether that be siblings or "cousins," there are ways.
Load More Replies... I got bullied all the way up to my sophomore year in high school. It actually started when my dad lost his job and we ended up living in a trailer. Most kids by 10th grade had stopped, they had better things to do. But this one girl just kept at me. Finally one day, I was walking down the sidewalk in front of the school to catch the bus, arms loaded with books and my clothes from gym class. She was yelling at me & I was trying to ignore her. She grabbed my hoodie and said, "I'm talking to you!". I threw everything down on the sidewalk and put all 110lbs of me behind my fist. Twice. In her face. She left me alone after that. Kinda sad that's what it took to make her stop, but sometimes that's all that works.
Sounds like this kid already got the snot beat out of him on a regular basis and I don't see how inciting more violence helped anyone.
He stopped - that's success. You "violence is never okay" people need to stop watching after school specials.
Load More Replies... As another panda recently put it: fück that, fight fire with molotov cocktails. Bullies only understand strength.
Load More Replies... I am not a grammar nazi in any way, but holy s**t that was hard to read!
Fiction often can be. I've read that when people "embellish" a not so true narrative, they typically pepper said story with unnecessary details. Redditors are often gullible.
Load More Replies... My son was bullied. I told him as soon as the bully got to school to punch him in the nose. I also him told him that he would get into trouble at school for doing it but that I would not be mad. He didn't hit hit bully when he showed up but did it after school let out. The bully left him alone after that. Yes, the bully was reported after each instance but the school ignored it saying he was acting out because his parents were going through a divorce at the time. So was my sons parents and he wasn't a bullying classmates.
I assure all of you, that is NOT how Italians deal with things. I stopped reading after that sentence.
I call BS on this story. No way any mother with ANY common sense thinks "Hey, let me just have some random kids beat up my kid's bully to stop this from happening. I'll pay them $20 each. I'm sure their mother or father won't mind me kidnapping them." BS BP. This never happened.
This reminds me of the movie The War with Eliah Wood and Kevin Costner, when he gave the kids that bullied a couple of sugar cotton and when Eliah asked him why he did that Costner answered 'cause it looks like nobody's done something nice to them in a while'
Edit: that bullied Eliah Wood, who played Costner's son.
Load More Replies... they tried to do the right by calling CPS. OP is still being bullied and harmed. mum did the only other thing she could think of to protect her kid. i support that. sorry the bully had a hard home life, but you have to do something to protect your own kid.
Growing up in the foster care system, I was bullied from first through ninth grade. Some of the things that were done to me are unmentionable. Except for sending me home "for my own good," no one (teachers, legal guardians, faculty) did anything about it. Not. One. Damned. Thing. It wasn't until I left the system at age 15 (and that shìtty town with its equally shìtty schools) that things took a turn for the best. When my dad regained custody of three of his four kids, it was understood that you didn't mess with his kids. By that time, I realized that sometimes you have to defend yourself by any means possible. No one bullied me ever again.
These reasons to fight in the comments… “to stop a fight” - that is just stupid and dangerous. That is how some people I used to know got themselves killed. It is cool to be a hero, but I choose my kids to stay alive. Maybe the person who raises her son like that doesn’t really know what it can mean. But I spent my childhood in Russia in 90s and that advice “when to fight is ok” just sucks.
It's totally okay for you just to look out for yourself, but please understand that some people are brought up in a different manner, looking out for their friends.
Load More Replies... My stepdad told me if somebody was coming at me to shove my book bag into their stomach and then punch them in the throat. The bag to the stomach throws them off balance, and the throat punch causes them to not breathe so good. It's hard to fight if you're unbalanced and out of breath/choaking.
"Capo" means "head," so he must have been The Boss.
Load More Replies... This sounds like bad revenge fiction. The whole picking up random kids in Detroit does not sound even remotely believable.
Nothing nice happens in this story. My only question is, does one punch amount to bullying?
That's not how Italians do things. It's how some Americans with Italian ancestry do things. This is called using your heritage as an (invalid) excuse for being a bad person.
I dont buy this based on the simple fact that most people in bad neighborhoods tend to get pissed and offended when offered trifles for acts of violence. Friggin rude.
This entire story is so fake. Yeah, right, a mom hired kids to beat up another kid and everyone is proud of her? I find it horrendous and it teaches the kids to use violence to solve their problems.
Two wrongs don't make a right. You can't do that now, and couldn't do it then, unless you were actually doing "our thing".
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