Should I do anything more than this?

[ManMythLegend]

I guess you don't have any elderly female relatives who have been genuinely upset and confused by repeated prank calls from kids. I don't see the "fun" in unsettling someone in the privacy of their home and saying things to upset them.

You're right, I don't. My kids would not engage in that kind of repeated behavior. It might be a "one off" prank call here and there, nothing serious IMO. Won't hurt anyone.

 

[Teacher03]

Maybe the kid who is getting "bullied" shouldn't pick up calls from numbers he doesn't recognize

Are you serious!!!! If you think prank calls are harmless and not bullying, you are delusional. I had two girls in my class one year that continuously harrassed another by pranking. I wasn't made aware of it until long after it started and the girl that was being bullied changed schools.

Kids loved coming to my house too, but they knew that I would give them the business if needed. Alllowing kids to prank others doesn't make you the cool parent, it makes you irresponsible. I'm all for allowing kids to be kids, but that doesn't include bullying.

 

[mhsjax]

You wouldn't be able to prove my child make a prank call unless the person he/she called came forward and said they did. I'm curious why you keep going back and forth with me on this?

Well just be curious, I can't say why I am, because if I did I would get points, and I don't want to do that. Oh and by the way, our school will take the phone and see what number were called and yes they would call and ask the person if they received a prank call from your child. and by the way, when we say prank as in what the Op was talking about, we are generally assuming it isn't a silly prank call but one that has a threatening bullying tone to it.

Ok I am done now.

 

[Cooky]

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[mhsjax]

I'm not understanding why it is okay for your kids to call anyone up and annoy them with a "prank" call, even if only one phone call, but it is not okay for anyone to tell your kids it is not okay to annoy other people.

Maybe she is a bully and is raising future bullies, and no I am not being funny. I have never seen an attitude like this except on TV shows and those types of parents were raising bullies.

 

[Magpie]

Maybe she is a bully and is raising future bullies, and no I am not being funny. I have never seen an attitude like this except on TV shows and those types of parents were raising bullies.

And getting told off by Judge Judy.

 

[ManMythLegend]

Oh and by the way, our school will take the phone and see what number were called and yes they would call and ask the person if they received a prank call from your child.

The school wouldn't take anything. I'll just tell my kid to give me the phone and I'll put it in my pocket. End of story.

 

[ManMythLegend]

Maybe she is a bully and is raising future bullies, and no I am not being funny. I have never seen an attitude like this except on TV shows and those types of parents were raising bullies.

I'm not raising bullies. I'm raising kids that know when to stand up for themselves and if some random parents tried to tell them what to do, I'm sure my kids would stand up for themselves. If that's makes that parent feel insecure, so sorry.

 

[mhsjax]

The school wouldn't take anything. I'll just tell my kid to give me the phone and I'll put it in my pocket. End of story.

Oh good, so now you are showing your kids that authority at school doesn't matter either, you are a gem. OH, wait, I said I was done with you. bye bye

 

[LisaR]

I'm not raising bullies. I'm raising kids that know when to stand up for themselves and if some random parents tried to tell them what to do, I'm sure my kids would stand up for themselves. If that's makes that parent feel insecure, so sorry.

Yet, you have kids that will cry if another parent says anything to them?

 

[ManMythLegend]

Oh good, so now you are showing your kids that authority at school doesn't matter either, you are a gem. OH, wait, I said I was done with you. bye bye

Have an enjoyable evening. Hope you don't get any prank calls

 

[mhsjax]

I'm not raising bullies. I'm raising kids that know when to stand up for themselves and if some random parents tried to tell them what to do, I'm sure my kids would stand up for themselves. If that's makes that parent feel insecure, so sorry.

You are actually becoming quite entertaining. Yep, some kid mouthing off to me, would make me feel insecure.

 

[ManMythLegend]

Yet, you have kids that will cry if another parent says anything to them?

I didn't say they would cry. I said if they were to come home in tears there would be trouble.

If my kids were of an older age, they will probably tell the parent to mind their own business and I won't have any problems with that.

 

[ManMythLegend]

You are actually becoming quite entertaining. Yep, some kid mouthing off to me, would make me feel insecure.

 

[mhsjax]

Yet, you have kids that will cry if another parent says anything to them?

Good one.

 

[Teacher03]

Maybe she is a bully and is raising future bullies, and no I am not being funny. I have never seen an attitude like this except on TV shows and those types of parents were raising bullies.

I don't think there is a maybe about it. I think you are 100% correct.

 

[Halloweenqueen]

I hate these darn threads and I'm kicking myself for reading seven pages, but it makes me sad to see parents who obviously are part of the problem of bullying.

OP, I bet you have made comments about the victim to your kid. Maybe even to the kid's friends. Sounds like the victim needs a friend, not a prank call. You have already made up your mind that he is a possible school shooting loner. Oh sad.

Bullying is a huge problem now. We don't need parents who don't get involved when they see bullying for fear of not being viewed as the popular parent/friend.

I would have spoke up to all the kids in my car. I certainly would take to my kid afterward also.

 

[piperdown]

You're right, I don't. My kids would not engage in that kind of repeated behavior. It might be a "one off" prank call here and there, nothing serious IMO. Won't hurt anyone.

Based on the OP's description, this wasn't a "one off" prank call. It was a group of kids singling out a target. As a parent of target, I can tell you it is very serious to the child. I recently started a thread wondering about the motivations of a bully, and you have provided great insight as to why this behavior is allowed to happen.

 

[ManMythLegend]

Based on the OP's description, this wasn't a "one off" prank call. It was a group of kids singling out a target. As a parent of target, I can tell you it is very serious to the child. I recently started a thread wondering about the motivations of a bully, and you have provided great insight as to why this behavior is allowed to happen.

And like I said earlier I'm wondering why the victim continues to answer calls from numbers he doesn't recognize. Most people I know "ignore" those calls immediately.

 

[disfan07]

I'm not raising bullies. I'm raising kids that know when to stand up for themselves and if some random parents tried to tell them what to do, I'm sure my kids would stand up for themselves. If that's makes that parent feel insecure, so sorry

So you are fine with your children being disrespectful to an adult but you have a problem with another parent just telling your child that they can not do something because it is wrong and not allowed in their car/home/etc?

Wow

If any of my friends or I ever talked back to a parent who told us to stop doing something because it was wrong or if they told us not to do something because it was not allowed in their presence, you can be sure that our parents would have been called and we would not be allowed back in their house for a while until we apologized. It is their rules....we as guests in their car/house or whatever follow those rules.