Posted On: March 20, 2006, 3:14 pm CST

Posted By: Paula Bernstein

"How large is the bullying problem" you ask? Try this on for size. My daughter had attended after school day care at the same facility where she once attended preschool. Well, this one particular child had basically been "bullying" mine since preschool because she was so jealous of one of my daughter's other friendships. In the end it cost my daughter a friend that was more like a "sister" and it cost me one of my dearest friends because she refused to see any problem with this particular child. In several conversations with other parents from the same facility, they've all agreed that the other child is nothing more than a "bully". The afterschool daycare facility did nothing to counsel the children under their supervision as far as "bullying" or disciplining them. Indeed, at times when my daughter complained to those persons in authority, she came back to me and said all that the counselors said was "oh, and what are you being a drama queen about today". There is a point where one's child is being overly dramatic about something, and then there's a point where being bullied for x number of years has it's breaking point. Needless to say, I've removed my child from the program that she was in, and made other, more suitable arrangements for her afterschool care where she won't be bullied.