Reply #57: Thanks for the rest of the story, so to speak

[hlthe2b]

It is good to hear he has moved well past this trauma. Your skillful parenting, no doubt, was the critical factor.

Grand Junction.. Well, I think there is concentrated "intolerance" in smaller communities, but having been the product of larger suburban schools myself, I don't think most communities are immune.

I wish all young children who suffered at the hands of bullying had such loving and intelligent supportive parents to fall back on. I know that I never confided in my own parents incidents that I faced--which were pretty pale in comparison to many kids, I guess. I really don't think my parents would have known how to handle it, but then, again, I never gave them the chance. Yet, to this day, when I read stories like this, it brings those horrible feelings right back... That's the thing with bullying--no matter how seemingly transitory or mild, it leaves scars.