>> I love that Flip already tried all the things most adults tell you to do in this situation, and has found, as most children do, that they don't work. <<
Very little works against bullying. Even for adults the highest success rate -- hiring a lawyer -- yields a dismal 16%. Telling an adult about bullying only helps if the adults are, in fact, willing and able to intervene. They almost never are. Flip is smart and resourceful, so he worked his way through a good list of techniques before discovering that the problem was just plain beyond his ability to solve.
>> His not wanting to be a bother breaks my heart. :( <<
Yeah, that's a very common response for children in stressful situations. This is how Phil can recognize the trait in Bruce, etc.
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Date: 2014-06-20 06:12 am (UTC)Very little works against bullying. Even for adults the highest success rate -- hiring a lawyer -- yields a dismal 16%. Telling an adult about bullying only helps if the adults are, in fact, willing and able to intervene. They almost never are. Flip is smart and resourceful, so he worked his way through a good list of techniques before discovering that the problem was just plain beyond his ability to solve.
>> His not wanting to be a bother breaks my heart. :( <<
Yeah, that's a very common response for children in stressful situations. This is how Phil can recognize the trait in Bruce, etc.