Parenting in general can be hard on both new parents and seasoned parents alike. When I was growing up, I remember just wanting to be outside running around and playing. Not caring about what I was wearing or how my hair looked. There was no social media, no iphones, no ipads, or tablets. We didn’t have a care in the world. We would be able to go weekends without speaking to or seeing our friends. There was only corded phones that connected to the wall where only one person can use the phone at any time.
But today, times have changed! Scary to say the least!
Parenting, I can say has now become as hard as ever. With technology booming, every iphone and android has taken over our kids lives! Kids nowadays use their phones, ipads, and tablets for everything. And while technology has its pros, it does have its cons when it comes to our children. As they get older, they have to cautiously be aware of what they do and say over social media.
Girls can’t just sit at home in their pj’s with their messy hair buns and be on facetime without the fear of being bullied by someone else that sees them. This type of bullying is plaguing not just girls but boys as well. It’s a type of bullying that brings them into a depression to the point where some young teens feel they don’t belong in this world. It brings us parents to say…. what has our world come to where our kids don’t even feel safe from other kids?
Bullying in any form is not okay. 
As a parent, I can say that we have had our share of challenges with two of our kids being bullied. One was being bullied physically, while the other one was being bullied emotionally. Our older son who was being physically bullied, was being bullied for being overweight. As a concerned mother, I went straight to the school to find out what they plan to do about it. Because bullying was still something that the school did not take seriously at the time; they left no choice but to pull him out of school and home school him. At least in this manner, I can be reassured that he is safe.
Our other child that was being bullied emotionally was one that was a little harder to deal with to say the least. When you have other kids who bully them to make them feel bad about themselves and make them feel worthless; it’s a really hard image to imagine for an eleven year old to go through. I have heard so many news reports of other girls that have felt the same way, and that they hurt themselves because of it. I would never want our daughter to ever feel like that or think she was alone, or even feel like she needed to hurt herself. No child should ever feel like that.
During this time, bullying was now a big problem so dealing with it was not as hard.
We spoke with the district and the vice principal of the school, and from there the school was able to address the issue. The kids involved in the bullying as well as details of what was said, was all addressed and nipped in the bud. What made this bullying hard was that she was bullied so bad that she was having thoughts of hurting herself. That scared us to the core. With kids on their electronics more and less communication, you never know what’s going. You almost have to keep watch on them all the time to make sure everything is okay. And that is how we have been ever since.
In conclusion, the best advice I can give from one parent to another is to always have that communication open. Make your that your kids know that they can always come to you. No matter what the situation is. Better to know everything and deal with it than to know nothing. This is our future.
Sometimes, the best way to keep them away from social media and the whole bullying situation would be to get them into sports. Or any extra-cirrcular activities such as
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