Photo via @beauty4yuh/TikTok
February 21, 2022, 11:19 am
An irate and protective father was filmed berating someone he alleged to be his daughter’s bully by a passing motorist last week, warning the girl that he would intervene physically if he found out that peers were continuing to harm his child. With bullying being such a rampant continuing problem in the U.S. and schools apparently entirely unable to do anything about it, or refusing to try, many commenters praised this dad for taking the efforts he felt necessary to protect his daughter from harm.
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“Next time you f— with her, I’m going to beat your a–,” he says to what appears to be a young teenage girl on the sidewalk. “Because I’m sick of y’all. That’s the last time f—ing time I’m gonna say it.”
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The TikTok user who captured the moment on video herself rolled down her car window as she was waiting for the school bus to unload to shout her support to the protective dad, saying that her own kid has been experiencing similar issues.
“My daughter’s bullied too, so stand up,” she says.
Another adult stands next to the girl he’s addressing and may be the one asking “what’s going on” while looking at her — possibly her own parent who was unaware of their daughter’s alleged bullying behavior.
“I’m gonna beat ass, because I’m sick of it. And I’m not playing,” the upset father continues. “If my daughter tell me again that somebody f—ed with her, she gonna get out this car, and my son gonna get out too, and they gonna beat a–. Because I’m sick of it.”
While some commenters were alarmed at the things this dad was saying to an underage girl, it’s difficult to understand the feelings of helplessness many parents have when their children are being bullied by other kids and how frustrating it is when schools won’t help until you’ve been in that situation yourself.
According to the National Bullying Prevention Center, more than one in five students reported being bullied in a 2019 survey, with 41 percent of those kids saying that they expected the problem to continue. These rates can also vary highly from study to study, with a meta-analysis of 80 studies finding that the true number of kids who are bullied in their lifetimes may average out to be about 35 percent in terms of traditional bullying and another 15 percent experiencing cyberbullying.
Worse, kids who are bullied very often report that this has a negative impact on their mental health, and it is often cited as a factor when it comes to young kids dying by suicide.
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These were all factors cited by commenters who defended the protective father in the video.
“When you hear about kids ending their lives because of bullies, you have to applaud this father for stepping in,” the top comment reads. “He did the right thing.”
“My ex husband got on the bus a flipped out bc our daughter was being bullied and it never happened again,” reported another commenter.
It doesn’t appear that a part two of this video has been released, but after getting so many supportive comments, this dad might not need additional context to be labeled a good and supportive father.
For more information about suicide prevention or to speak with someone confidentially, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (U.S.) or Samaritans (U.K.).
*First Published: February 21, 2022, 11:19 am
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