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TheMadMonk

(6,187 posts)

15. And without shame they grow up shameless.

Reply to one_voice (Original post)

Tue Jan 29, 2013, 07:22 PM

Jan 2013

The trick is to start young, so that phrases like "Is that yours?", "You should be ashamed of yourself.", "What would your mother think?" will STILL make you cringe in your forties.

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Shame on me for being a bully: [View all] one_voice Jan 2013 OP

Ah, quick fix parenting. Robb Jan 2013 #1

I don't think publicly shaming a kid The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2013 #2

Nope. Not at all. Wait Wut Jan 2013 #6

Volunteer work teaches a lot... one_voice Jan 2013 #9

I agree with this... one_voice Jan 2013 #8

I think the mom is bullying her son in an attempt abelenkpe Jan 2013 #3

I was bullied, relentlessly in 8th and 9th grades. longship Jan 2013 #4

it would depend how much talking she did before, after and why it was important seabeyond Jan 2013 #5

This is good Rider3 Jan 2013 #7

I dislike libodem Jan 2013 #10

When a kid is a bully and you tell the parent... one_voice Jan 2013 #12

Yes libodem Jan 2013 #14

I don't think public shaming is effective... joeybee12 Jan 2013 #11

I think we know where he gets it cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #13

And without shame they grow up shameless. TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #15

Spam deleted by MIR Team SonofSamael May 2013 #16

interesting post.. pipoman May 2013 #17

I know its hard, but try to forgive your mom :( darkangel218 May 2013 #18