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Tell-tale Signs That Your Child is Being Bullied
Is the sudden change in behavior just growing pains or are these signs your child is being bullied?
I met up with my girl group from high school a few months ago (BC — before Covid-19). One of them invited a common friend — someone I wasn’t particularly close with growing up. In that coffee session with the girls, we did something we haven’t done in years. We talked about high school.
I loved and hated my high school experience. I met the most amazing women there. They are still my closest friends 26 years later. I don’t remember much about that time in my life because it has almost been 3 decades, but what I can’t forget is the feeling that I had every time I stepped into my old alma mater. I always felt so small.
My girls and I have gone through so much over the years — love, heartbreak, marriage, children, separation, migration. They know that the girl I was thirty years ago is far from who I am now. So, suddenly being thrown in a social situation with someone who only knows me from high school was quite jarring. Reliving the high school drama, even more so. We got to talking about some things we remember from back then. She mentioned seeing me on the stairs crying. Apparently, I was rocking myself back and forth saying: “They don’t like me…
