• unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth
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    4 hours ago

    This. Kids are often a reflection of their surroundings.

    Case in point: a teenager, call him Carl, that I’ve taken under my wing a bit in our Organization expressed worries to me a while ago about one of his classmates, call him Mark, joining, because Mark would apparently bully him. I promised to keep an eye on it. I got to know Mark a bit better, and he seemed to give off this downed vibe, but despite keeping an eye open, he never seemed to be nasty to Carl. About a month ago, I was at an event where Mark and his mother were there. His mother berated him, calling him stupid over and over, and even made him confirm that she was right. This answered so, so many questions. Poor kid. I’ve also taken him under my wing a bit in the meantime, at least as far as I can. I think things have improved between the two.