09/17/2026
‼️🗣️I’M TIRED OF KIDS GETTING BULLIED AND NOTHING BEING DONE!
🫵I’m saying this personally—as an instructor, coach, parent, and someone who has worked with kids for many years.
❌I am tired of hearing stories about kids being bullied over and over, only for the situation to continue until the victim finally takes a stand.
🤔And then what happens?
👍Sometimes the child who finally defends themselves ends up facing consequences that feel harsher than what the bully faced.
❗️❗️❗️Something has to change.❗️❗️❗️
✅I absolutely believe kids should follow rules, respect teachers, and understand that fighting should never be the first answer. But we also cannot expect a child to continually be pushed, threatened, humiliated, harassed, or physically attacked and simply tell them to “ignore it.”
🫵Schools and administrators have an incredibly difficult job, and I respect the educators who genuinely work every day to protect our children. But when bullying is repeatedly reported and continues, we have to do better.
🚨 Parents deserve to be heard.
🚨 Kids deserve to feel safe.
🚨 Victims deserve to be taken seriously.
📝 Policies should protect children—not leave them feeling like standing up for themselves makes them the problem.
🫵And as adults, we have to be willing to listen instead of approaching every situation with the attitude that “we know it all” or “we automatically know what’s best for your child.”
🫵Parents, teachers, coaches, counselors, and administrators should be working TOGETHER, because the goal should be the same:
‼️‼️ ⚠️ PROTECT OUR KIDS. ⚠️ ‼️‼️
❌Bullying isn’t something we should accept as “just part of growing up.”
💥💥Our kids deserve better.💥💥
💪And I will continue teaching my students to be respectful, disciplined, confident, and peaceful—but also to know their value, protect themselves when necessary, and never believe they deserve to be someone else’s victim.
🔺We can do better.
🔺We NEED to do better.
🔺Our kids are counting on us.
— Sensei Pruitt