
There’s one question that most parents of school going children ask their kids the moment they lay eyes on them after school – “Honey how was your day?” and I feel that question is completely useless – we really need to start getting the answer to a much deeper question.
Perhaps rather than asking how our child’s own day went at school – we need to start asking them more hard hitting questions – like who they hurt over the course of the day instead!
Realistically, if you have a bully as a child they’re going to have had a fabulous day – because let’s face it – they more than likely tormented the life out of their victims yet again.
They would have said and done some things that are going to impact another human’s life, for the rest of their life – and in a way the parents of bullies are just as responsible for these acts of cruelty.
If you raised a bully that’s on you just as much as it’s on them!
By starting a conversation with finding out if your child has been responsible for hurting another living being it opens up a completely different conversation rather than merely questioning the quality of their own experience at school.
It gives them the opportunity to tell the truth – and it gives you the opportunity to know if your child is lying or hiding something that they’ve done to someone else – but even more importantly it puts the question in their mind every single day – “HAVE YOU HURT SOMEONE?”
It almost holds them accountable for their own conduct – even if they are not being honest about their actions – because it causes them to be aware of their behaviour – their conscience, if they have one, should hopefully kick in and maybe, just maybe, over time it will encourage them to be more conscious of the way they are treating others and the impact they have on the world.
To hell with “Honey, how was your day?”! You can always get to that after finding out whether they’ve been responsible for being a menace in someone’s day.
Then again, maybe the reason why these awful, useless bullies are the way they are is because they don’t have parents who care – they don’t have anyone to hold them accountable for their actions – let alone ask them how their day was.
Maybe if the people who spawn these evil menaces cared enough to invest even five minutes of their time into their spawn, we wouldn’t have the bullying epidemic that we have today.
Parents of bullies – let me assure you, your maniacal little imbecile had an incredible day at school – bringing pain and sadness to everyone that they could. But hopefully, karma will find them and more than likely you as well for standing by and doing nothing.
If we shift the focus to whether they have hurt someone, it opens up a whole new conversation. It challenges them to confront their actions, encourages honesty, and makes them think twice about their behavior every single day.
It’s about holding them accountable, making them aware of their impact, and hopefully guiding them towards treating others with more kindness. Let’s forget the pleasantries and dive straight into the real conversations about their actions – unless the truth is that parents simply can’t handle hearing it!
