dad confronts bully on schoolbus

[Wishing on a star]

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If these kids did what Hentob just posted...

The only lawsuit needed here is one against the school. A HUGE one, with national attention.

 

[Acklander]

right now I'm leaning towards his going overboard. I guess it would depend on what channels he went through before he reached his "breaking point". If it were me, I know that I would have removed my child from the bus before I would resort to bullying a bully. He's supposed to be the adult in this situation.

 

[ORMom2Four]

Wow. Whe I first heard about it, I was supportive of the father, that is, until I saw the video......he went overboard in this case.

 

[doxdogy]

That is true, they probably wouldn't have listened to him. I guess I just have a hard time wrapping my mind around the lack of empathy of the kids on the bus. My heart just breaks for that poor child and her father.

The driver didn't put a stop to it because as you indicated, these kids have no respect for others. I don't believe that someone his age should be driving a school bus, but that's another topic.

 

[RitaZ.]

Add my signature to the list!!!
If these kids did what Hentob just posted...

The only lawsuit needed here is one against the school. A HUGE one, with national attention.

Why against the school? If there is to be a lawsuit, it should be against the bully's parents.

 

[ORMom2Four]

The driver did try to put a stop to it, but the man was out of control and came towards the driver in a threatening way too.

 

[sparklynails23]

The school needs to put an aid on that bus, one that rides in the back and can watch everyone. With attitudes like that, there is no reasoning with that pack of awful kids. The dad needs to take his daughter and move. He did go overboard, but who can blame him?

 

[Imzadi]

If the Jet Blue flight attendant can get so much support & donations to help him out legally, then people can cough up money for this. This is so much more of an important issue.

• The school should have protected the child.
• The father should be driven to want to "kill" the bullies who tormented his disabled child.
• Bullies need to get the message, we as a society won't stand for them anymore.

 

[RitaZ.]

That is true, they probably wouldn't have listened to him. I guess I just have a hard time wrapping my mind around the lack of empathy of the kids on the bus. My heart just breaks for that poor child and her father.

It is disturbing to see young children being so callous.

 

[Handbag Lady]

I would have done the same thing, if not worse, if I had a child that was being bullied.

The schools do nothing. My mom works at a grammar school and says it is getting worse. The principal and teachers feel limited in what they CAN do, so they don't do anything.

You have to stand up to the bullies, that's all there is to it.

 

[suzanna1066@comcast.]

Although he probably went over the line, I can completely sympathize with him. There is nothing I hate more than a bully! I am so sick of our society giving them a pass.

 

[Wishing on a star]

Why against the school? If there is to be a lawsuit, it should be against the bully's parents.

Yes, the SCHOOL....

They are responsible for our children's well being.. and for protecting our children from any kind of physical assault. They are responsible and directly complicit here.

Since this girl seems to be disabled in some way, and is probably on an IEP.. we are now talking Federal Law.

PS: My child, very simply, would never have stepped foot on that school bus if I had had heard anything at all, even the slightest whisper, about this kind of behavior. But, that is a whole new issue.

 

[LuvLDM]

I agree the guy went overboard and seems a bit nutty but I just can't help but give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he's just a normal parent who "snapped" after watching his disabled child tormented.

 

[Imzadi]

The driver did try to put a stop to it, but the man was out of control and came towards the driver in a threatening way too.

How MUCH did the driver put a stop to it? If he wimpily said, "Sit down, everyone," and none of the bullies listened, that's not trying to put a stop to it. A condom was put on that poor girl's head. How much of a stop did the driver do? He actually needed a second adult on board. That ended up being the father.

If I was the dad and saw the only adult present being wimpy, I'd be frustrated enough to say I'd want to "kill" him, too, for not stopping it. It was the bus driver's responsibility to try to successfully try to stop the situation.

 

[TheZue]

We would have been expelled for that when I was in school. He might have gone a little overboard, but those children went way way way beyond what was acceptable and when you do that people tend to go overboard in their response. The school and the bully's parents failed miserably here.

 

[dislaney]

Although he probably went over the line, I can completely sympathize with him. There is nothing I hate more than a bully! I am so sick of our society giving them a pass.

My feelings exactly!

 

[RitaZ.]

Yes, the SCHOOL....

They are responsible for our children's well being.. and for protecting our children from any kind of physical assault. They are responsible and directly complicit here.

Since this girl seems to be disabled in some way, and is probably on an IEP.. we are now talking Federal Law.

PS: My child, very simply, would never have stepped foot on that school bus if I had had heard anything at all, even the slightest whisper, about this kind of behavior. But, that is a whole new issue.

Other than making the school pay, no meaningful and permanent change will come of it that will protect other children from bullies. Start by going after the bully's parents. They are the ones responsible for their child's behavior.

 

[doxdogy]

Forget expelled, we would have faced the wrath of the nuns.

We would have been expelled for that when I was in school. He might have gone a little overboard, but those children went way way way beyond what was acceptable and when you do that people tend to go overboard in their response. The school and the bully's parents failed miserably here.

 

[Wishing on a star]

Other than making the school pay, no meaningful and permanent change will come of it that will protect other children from bullies.

I completely and totally disagree... I think it is HUGE lawsuits that might actually affect some meaningful change... as in, schools actually making some effort to protect students from physical assault by bullies.

This is not about making the school pay (as in big dollars for the dad), this is about the school admitting responsibility/liability.
This would be about things like huge fines, administrators being fired, etc....

 

[2binak]

I can see how he felt driven to get on the bus and yell at the bullies. I'm sure if he could go back, he would change some of the words he used, but not the fact that he was standing up for his DD when maybe no one else would.

As for the lack of respect of kids - it's rampant and getting worse day-by-day. A friend's 13 yr old step DD invited boys over to their house and into her bedroom without his knowing about it. Her mother wasn't home and he was in the garage working on the car when she snuck them into the house. When he realized they were there, he told them to leave. They stood in the girl's bedroom and said, "What are you going to do about it? You can't touch us." The boys were also 13 yrs old He looked at his step DD and said, "I'm going to walk down the stairs now. I'll be back up here in 2 minutes. They better be gone or I'm calling the police." The boys left after that, but it's such a sad & frustrating situation that more people in authority are finding themselves in.