Comment on My son got Nikes so he doesn't get teased.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No matter if you end up getting him a pair or not. Be sure he understands that such things as bullying people for having the “wrong” shoes is shallow clique nonsense and he should be better than that.
Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
That’s really not fair or helpful to the poor kid. It may be nonsense but it’s very real and has a very real impact on his life. Those little monsters truly will go out of their way to make him miserable and sad as it may be keeping a low profile and reducing the number of things they can pick on can be a way not to be targeted. The idea that of telling him he “should be better than that” is just adding to the burden he’s already carrying of being forced to coexist with those little sociopaths. Is it somehow his fault?
pleaaaaaze@lemmings.world 21 hours ago
It’s his fault if he start bullying other kids for wearing the wrong kind of shoes.
Or even just going along with it