Comments on: I could have figured that out for free http://dinnerwithoutcrayons.com/2009/10/i-could-have-figured-that-out-for-free/ Written by moms who want nothing more than dinner in a restaurant where crayons aren't handed out with the menus. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:49:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ken http://dinnerwithoutcrayons.com/2009/10/i-could-have-figured-that-out-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Ken Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:06:39 +0000 http://dinnerwithoutcrayons.com/?p=282#comment-64 And what if being a bully is the child's talent? And what if being a bully is the child’s talent?

]]> By: Jill http://dinnerwithoutcrayons.com/2009/10/i-could-have-figured-that-out-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Jill Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:15:35 +0000 http://dinnerwithoutcrayons.com/?p=282#comment-63 Being athletic isn't a Get Out of Jail Free card, either. Mack is as athletic as they come and he's having a really hard week because he seems to be everyone's target right now. It isn't exactly bullying - more teasing - but still no fun. The only "positive attribute" that would really work 100% of the time is invisibility. Being athletic isn’t a Get Out of Jail Free card, either. Mack is as athletic as they come and he’s having a really hard week because he seems to be everyone’s target right now. It isn’t exactly bullying – more teasing – but still no fun.

The only “positive attribute” that would really work 100% of the time is invisibility.

]]> By: Debby http://dinnerwithoutcrayons.com/2009/10/i-could-have-figured-that-out-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Debby Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:28:32 +0000 http://dinnerwithoutcrayons.com/?p=282#comment-62 What that advice seems to overlook is the fact that, for many children, it is their very "talents and positive attributes" that make them a target for bullies in the first place--meaning if they are studious, intelligent, musically inclined, or anything else short of athletic and of a strong physique. What that advice seems to overlook is the fact that, for many children, it is their very “talents and positive attributes” that make them a target for bullies in the first place–meaning if they are studious, intelligent, musically inclined, or anything else short of athletic and of a strong physique.

]]> By: Elaine http://dinnerwithoutcrayons.com/2009/10/i-could-have-figured-that-out-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Elaine Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:19:09 +0000 http://dinnerwithoutcrayons.com/?p=282#comment-61 So does that count as blaming the victim... ...or the victim's parents? So does that count as blaming the victim…
…or the victim’s parents?

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