Others encouraging this bad behavior.
I was going to write about Palm Sunday, and find out what it meant to all of you. While doing my research my husband called about a video he had seen on FB about a young boy being bullied at school. I made a point of watching the video, and was amazed that no one stood up for this child. I also watched other videos where other kids came to the defense of the underdog. And then there was the video about a father who after finding out his child had been a bully and got kicked off the bus, had to run the one mile to his school every morning with his backpack on even if it rained. Well to start out, kudos to the father who actually taught his son there are consequences to actions, and they may be ones he does not like. I am sure that boy will think twice before misbehaving or bullying again!
My second comment is since the parents think it is wise to give their children cell phones, let these phones be a testament of their behavior and have the parents act accordingly. If you child took the movie about the bullying without intervening, there should be consequences, if the child taking the video was the one doing the goading, he should have the same punishment as the boy doing the bullying. I think something like a suspension is foolish and teaches them nothing. Let them pick up garbage or wash dishes in the cafeteria and teach them some humility. Look up on your smart phone the statics of the rise in crimes, pregnancies, and drop-outs, in schools since they took prayer out!
Now we have to ask ourselves why these kids think it is okay to bully in the first place. Is this what they hear at home, in video games or on TV? If it is, some serious intervening needs to be done. Perhaps some family counseling, or group therapy between the two families and councilors from the school. This is how school shooters are born, by the planting of the idea it is okay to hurt people younger or smaller than you.
Now that I think about it, this is still like Palm Sunday, everyone cheering and making nice at the beginning, but give them a little time their true colors come out. Jesus, just like the kids that are picked on, did nothing wrong. But people get nervous around kind gentle people who only want what is best for everyone around. Jesus went from being praised to be nailed to a cross in one week that is record time for bullying. The people would rather let a murder go free, than someone who spoke of love, mansions in heaven, and living eternally.
Bullying is nothing new, but people who do it usually find out it was the biggest mistake in their lives, and end up wishing they could undo what they did. You talk about gun control, well I think bullying is far more dangerous that any gun on the market.
This is what is called the Holy Week, in that it goes from the laying of the palms at Jesus’s feet in welcome, to the last supper, to the death on the cross, then the burial in a tomb, and resurrection all in one week. This was all done because of a love so great that God gave his perfect son for a sin sacrifice for us so we could have a one on one relationship with Him again. After seeing some of these school videos, we really have to ask ourselves, are we worth it? How many of you have even stopped for one minute in your spring break or busy schedules to actually stop and think what we are about to celebrate? Could you sacrifice your child for others? For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
As parents we need to love our children enough to punish them. Take away their games, telephones, and television privileges, if they do not obey. This will give them a stronger character and understanding of obedience. We have a saying at our house; if it is not immediate, it is not obedience; it is compliance. Do you want your children to learn compliance, (of rules, laws, obligations etc.) or obedience? Your children need parenting, you can be their friend when they are parents.
We as authors do not address the problem of bullying strong enough. We miss opportunities to make a difference in showing how befriending one lonely kid may stop a teen suicide, or school shooting. Let’s step up and make a difference!
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 13:24
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 29:15
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
I John 2:9
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Luke 6:31
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Romans 15:1