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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Nope. My grandfather who together with my dear grandmother raised me.
He was six foot five and a cop.
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Unfortunately, all of us who were bullied by that troubled girl, had working parents who were not there while we were traveling to school and back.
The incidents did not happen in our neighborhood, nor in our school.
They occurred as we were walking home from school.....and as I mentioned in a different post, she seemed to have built in radar and seemed to intuit which of the three routes (we had a choice of three streets to take enroute home from school).........she was there with her little gang.
We were just about 8 years old to her 10.....and again, back in those days, kids did not tell their parents........
However, someone must have told on her as she was kicked out of many schools, both Catholic schools and public schools.......and just liked to terrorize innocent kids walking home from school , spouting the "F" word.
Also, we were "latch key kids" (anyone remember what that was like?).
All of our parents worked outside the home.........school let out before they returned home from work........so we had our own keys to get in.
Wish we did have a cop waiting at the door for us, but not so...
p.s.
I was most fortunate to be able to raise my two children as a stay at home mom.......so I was there for them when they left in the morning and when they returned home, with home baked cookies and milk for all their friends as well. My husband was also home as his studio was at home. we had the best of both worlds.........it was the way I wanted it, after having two working parents. After ours were in high school and away at college, I began my own little at home business..........and actually, everyone in our neighborhood worked at home.........we had artists of all kinds, craftsmen, attorneys who brought their work home, school teachers who were home all summer, doctors who walked home from the hospital for lunch or to attend their kids' school projects/sports.....we were ahead of our time.........now everyone can work at home via their computers. This was the 1970's and 1980's when our children were home........before college.
But back then, in the 1950's, no protection against bullies......