Cribsheet regular Tobi sent me this link from the New York Times this week, about Billy Wolfe, a high-school sophomore who all his life has been picked on…..and much worse. This month, his parents sued some of the bullies and is considering suing the school district. (My husband’s initial reaction: “Oh boy, if he had trouble with bullying before…..”)

Here’s Tobi’s e-mail with questions for Cribsheeters:

What can parents of young children do to keep their kids from becoming perpetrators or victims? What have other cribsheet parents noticed about the social food chain, especially when it seems to begin younger and younger? What words do you use when they are so young?  I want my kids to be kind to others, I also want them to stand up for themselves. I want them to march to their own drummers, but I don’t want them to be social outcasts. This topic freaks me out.

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