Thoughts and stories, by Pal

This was in our local newspaper  The Spectrum  on Jan. 24, 2015.  It sounded like it may have some good ideas for anyone who has had their child bullied.  I know that when we were raising children, our children had problems at times.  I even remember being either made fun of, or a type of bullying myself, over 70 years ago.  But today it seems to be more prevalent perhaps.  I hope this gives you good ideas. 13 signs your child might be getting bullied Question:  I have a problem with how to handle a situation that’s happening with my child at school. He is in first grade and claims to be being bullied. Well, he doesn’t say he’s “being bullied,” he says that kids are mean to him and no one likes him. It breaks my heart. My son is in a phase where he complains a lot about school and he tends to be kind of negative or pessimistic about things. This has me worried, but I don’t know if it’s because he’s being picked on or if he’s being treated like most kids are and he just takes it h