I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day

[Bettie]

87. That's true

and far too many parents seem to think that bullying is just fine as long as it isn't their kid.

My older two boys bullied another kid once, when they were about 7 and 8. We took them to his house (with his parents' permission) and we asked him how what they did and said made him feel. He told us and my kids listened, then, they apologized, sincerely, without any prompting from us.

They learned from the interaction, because we made sure they heard and understood how what they did impacted the other kid. I think, all too often, kids are told to apologize and it doesn't have an impact, because they don't really understand how their behavior makes others feel.

Also, too many parents bully their own kids, leading them to think that behavior is acceptable.

Either way, yes, it does need to change and having a bunch of bullies in political office right now, running the country, doesn't help at all.

We need to become a kinder society, but a segment of society is fighting that tooth and nail.

The meanest kids in school almost always have MAGAt parents. They also tend to be the families who are in the front row at church every Sunday.