tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post2440726060137115474..comments2024-03-23T02:42:09.727-07:00Comments on BooKiNG with MaNiC™: THe BuLLy oN THe BuSMaNiC MoMMy™http://www.blogger.com/profile/14038801888210803955noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-23839321812891731712014-09-10T10:52:45.759-07:002014-09-10T10:52:45.759-07:00so your post says "Bully on the Bus" and...so your post says "Bully on the Bus" and yet you want to bully him by confronting him????<br />I don't understand your intention.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-7937937958735910182008-12-18T21:33:00.000-07:002008-12-18T21:33:00.000-07:00We've had issues with bullying on our school buses...We've had issues with bullying on our school buses. It was bad enough that last year one of my friends gave up and drove her daughter to school every day. This year, there are cameras on all the buses. I'm *not* looking forward to next year. Poor Tukey!<BR/><BR/>Hey, I keep meaning to ask (yeah I'm way behind in my reading): any fun lunches coming up anytime soon?Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07803503583347758969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-74821967650012047042008-12-16T15:19:00.000-07:002008-12-16T15:19:00.000-07:00I miss the old days when you could have just told ...I miss the old days when you could have just told him to punch him in the mouth!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-17738349011127202602008-12-15T22:30:00.000-07:002008-12-15T22:30:00.000-07:00YIkes -- that is awful.:(Was there any follow up?H...YIkes -- that is awful.<BR/><BR/>:(<BR/><BR/>Was there any follow up?<BR/><BR/>How are you?! I haven't been in blog land lately, but it looks like you've been keeping the torch going!<BR/><BR/>Hope you and yours are well, unless you are still aimlessly walking through the Philly mall looking for icecream.<BR/><BR/>:(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-48777649099631337562008-12-15T08:49:00.000-07:002008-12-15T08:49:00.000-07:00I would tell the bus driver. Let her deal with the...I would tell the bus driver. Let her deal with the parents.3carnationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15942247215569463561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-81568295337842613472008-12-14T19:54:00.000-07:002008-12-14T19:54:00.000-07:00Great plan. Doesn't it amaze you that little kids ...Great plan. Doesn't it amaze you that little kids can be such jerks?lilypotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07812668550951490924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-14533969214932013752008-12-14T12:23:00.000-07:002008-12-14T12:23:00.000-07:00I'm proud of Tukey for trusting you enough to tell...I'm proud of Tukey for trusting you enough to tell you that, and that he knoew it was a bad word. Shame on that little turd that said that to him. some kids have NO care in the world what comes out of their mouth.MaBunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729495477063071692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-27755320633011431762008-12-14T06:48:00.000-07:002008-12-14T06:48:00.000-07:00Brilliant stradegy. I think you give your son a ni...Brilliant stradegy. I think you give your son a nice tool to work with.... "Did you just say.....?" <BR/><BR/>I know I can't protect them forever, but for now I'm so glad mine walk to school!<BR/><BR/>I got quite the education myself on the bus as a kid.Michelle O'Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03221354521123541601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-61195057353377424392008-12-13T12:16:00.000-07:002008-12-13T12:16:00.000-07:00That IS a clever response! It's not "tattling" but...That IS a clever response! It's not "tattling" but the bus driver might hear about it (bet all the other kids would be going "OOOOH! HE SAID A SWEAR!" even if they cuss, too).Kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03005060328496062807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-58522067651134600442008-12-13T11:50:00.000-07:002008-12-13T11:50:00.000-07:00What a great response both in the way you told him...What a great response both in the way you told him you would think about what to do, and what you told him to do. I would have never thought to do that. You are very clever! And empowering to him while teaching him all the right messages. Way to go Manic!!!!Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10768266512104237111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-33324953193667543072008-12-13T08:43:00.000-07:002008-12-13T08:43:00.000-07:00It sounds like you dealt with that very well. You...It sounds like you dealt with that very well. You're giving Tukey the tools to deal with things like this in the future.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456733077542868694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-10535793383703104632008-12-13T01:53:00.000-07:002008-12-13T01:53:00.000-07:00Teaching Tukey to stand up for himself has to be b...Teaching Tukey to stand up for himself has to be better than sticking your oar in and making mountains out of molehills. Bad language is never good and you're obviously doing something right because your kids know it...and the other mum must have taught her son that too or he would have just used some other intimidation technique. I was brought up with "people swear because they don't have the Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09594327337549020199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-12648740887128791062008-12-12T19:17:00.000-07:002008-12-12T19:17:00.000-07:00I HATE the freaking school bus, but I think what y...I HATE the freaking school bus, but I think what you told your son is PERFECT! What a great non-agressive response. You did a great job on this one!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811460930343769653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-70653922871192103072008-12-12T18:02:00.000-07:002008-12-12T18:02:00.000-07:00I gotta put in my $0.02.I'm with Manic on not tell...I gotta put in my $0.02.<BR/><BR/>I'm with Manic on not telling the mom (unless it was a good friend.) He will lie. The mom will believe him. Manic will live on Wisteria Lane. It happened to us. (There's a rare chance she'd be a good mom who would go ballistic on him.)<BR/><BR/>So following that experience, when my then second grade son came off the bus with an expression of a graphic sexual Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-54221120866079487262008-12-12T17:43:00.000-07:002008-12-12T17:43:00.000-07:00Id call his mom and ask for a meeting in a neutral...Id call his mom and ask for a meeting in a neutral place like starbucks. Whos gonna pick a fight at starbucks. And just be open and honest.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14763547092650992770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-89995303891587175312008-12-12T17:35:00.000-07:002008-12-12T17:35:00.000-07:00LOL - sitting here and LOL. My family wants to kno...LOL - sitting here and LOL. My family wants to know why. ;)<BR/><BR/>Picturing your crazy, manic eyes squinting at the bus bully when you whisper to him. Do it. It'll feel so good. But you must share all when you do :)The Gang's Momma!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12478478224173323982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15694514.post-92089478623232527482008-12-12T16:39:00.000-07:002008-12-12T16:39:00.000-07:00Unfortunately, this is par for the course on my so...Unfortunately, this is par for the course on my son's bus or at the bus stop... the kids in our 'hood don't even care if there are adults standing around. *ugh* I like your plan for the next time you see the kid-- definitely do it with that 'crazed-pissed-off-mom' look in your eyes! :)morninglight mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04128926711800459894noreply@blogger.com