Mum's heartbreaking message to her daughter's bullies
An Australian mum has taken to social media to call out her daughter’s bullies in a heartbreaking post.
Mother-of-four Stevie Niki took to Instagram to highlight just how heartbreaking bullying is for children and their parents.
The posts reads: “I want to pretend like today was a good day. I want to say something positive and inspiring. But I can't, not today.
I sat with my daughter after school and we both cried. My heart aches for all her pain and sadness.
Most people don't see what I see. They see a loud kid, a silly kid, a happy kid, a kid that won't sit still and a sometimes defiant kid. A child with a mind that wanders, a spirit that roams free and a heart that has a wild spark.
Some may even see a 'naughty' kid. The truth is, all she is, is a kid (my kid) just as special as yours or anyone else's.
And the kid I see at home is a kid that hurts. She's changed a lot in the last few months and challenged me even more. Her spark has dulled and glow has gotten darker.
We have high highs and low lows. I asked her today where she has gone. And we cried.
I want my happy girl back, the one who lights up the room and radiates vibes I wish I could create. My nice girl who loves her mama and her siblings, my kind girl.
She's questioned me as to why she doesn't have friends and that she’s not good enough. Today she had a good day at school, she played with a kid and had fun.
But this is what it's like. It doesn't matter if it's a good day when the pains still there and the wounds are still raw. The damage has been done and it’s not yet repaired - will it ever? I hope so.
Maybe we should have never sold the home we brought them home from the hospital, and changed their schools from their first. Maybe we shouldn't have relocated. She doesn't fit into a box and I don't want her to either.
Raising kids was never going to be easy, but it shouldn't be this kind of hard. I don't know what to do. I don't know what the answer is. It's day one back and it was a good but I'm already questioning the schooling system and her place in it.
This year I will not allow the system or anyone else's child to defeat her like they did last year. So talk to your kids, teach them kindness and inclusiveness - because no mum and no child should have to sit through this and feel what we feel.”
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