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Although this is not comparable. I have PCOS. I have a LOT of facial hair. My mom paid for laser hair removal. It did not stop the teasing, as they found something else, but it DID help my self esteem.
I would do the same thing for my kid! Lessons learned? For whom? While your kid is suffering, maybe suicidal, you are teaching other people a lesson? Kids who probably don;t give a damn anyways. No, I am all for it.
People are mean and sometimes you have to do something drastic to be able live a "normal life". As much as it sucks, that just how it is.
If the child is suicidal over the bullying then their problems run much deeper than plastic surgery is going to help.
If the child is suicidal over the bullying then their problems run much deeper than plastic surgery is going to help.
Maybe a little counseling to go along with the plastic surgery?
That said, I would not HESITATE to take my child out of a situation that I felt was harmful. If that meant changing schools - I'd do it in a heartbeat.
In the interest of full disclosure - I did not watch the video - I'm at work.
Maybe a little counseling to go along with the plastic surgery?
That said, I would not HESITATE to take my child out of a situation that I felt was harmful. If that meant changing schools - I'd do it in a heartbeat.
In the interest of full disclosure - I did not watch the video - I'm at work.
Yes i think that can help. Not that i am opposed to the idea if my child has a feature that stands out and bothers them. But i would be against it if they just wanted it for vain reasons.
I would have let her correct the problem. Looking at the photos, you could really see that it was out of alignment. Why not fix the problem and let her get on with life? I'm not a big fan of plastic surgery for superficial vanity purposes but in some cases, I think it is warranted.
Little story--my parents didn't have much money and I accidently chipped out most of my two front teeth when I was around 9. They never fixed the problem and I still look at my HS photos where I have no front teeth which was fairly humilating for a young girl in high school. They finally got fixed when I entered the Army at 18. I finally paid up about $5k and really got them fixed up 30+ years later. For many years, I never smiled that much to show my snaggle teeth. I'm still self conscious and have to remind myself that I can actually smile broadly and not have people notice a horrible teeth job.
She didn't do it becasue she was bullied, that was an excuse. She didn't like her nose, end of story. I think 13 is kind of young since she is still growing, and she may need to have it redone at some point because of that. But what do I care? It only made the news because reports about "bullying" are in vogue right now. Wait until some kid mocks her becasue of her height or some other non-surgically fixable issue...at some point you just have to accept that people can jerks.
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