Dad Arrested for Paying Teen to Beat Up His Daughter's Bully (VIDEO)
Ah, parents, parents! How I weep for thee! Such a glorious job and yet one fraught with devilish temptations. Like hiring a bully to beat up the bully who is bullying your kid. Sounds kind of wonderful, doesn't it? Hey, if a kid beats up a kid, then you don't get in trouble. You're just like, A bully bullied the bully who was bullying my kid. Karma! But not if you get caught. Now you just look like a bully yourself. This reportedly went down when fed-up dad Philip Prokop was arrested for paying a 17-year-old girl $21 to beat up the 13-year-old girl who was bullying his own teen daughter. What's with the one extra dollar? You can just hear the bargaining session now. Twenty bucks? Cantcha kick in another buck?
Prokop denies he paid anyone to do anything. He says he merely went to a local hang-out with his 15-year-old daughter, Rose, to confront the girl who was verbally bullying his daughter so badly that she wanted to harm herself.
Right here we've got an adult doing something they shouldn't -- getting involved in inter-teen disputes. But can anyone blame him? Especially if other tactics, like reporting the behavior to school officials and the bully's parents, weren't working.
Prokop says that he introduced himself to the girl who was bullying his daughter and asked her to stop. This is where accounts diverge. Witnesses said that a teen whom Prokop paid to avenge his daughter attacked Rose's bullier. But Prokop says a melee broke out and he isn't sure who started it, but he denies paying anyone to start it.
Whatever happened, Prokop is the one who was arrested. He's out on bail. And the other teen's parents are furious with him. So, in the end, though his intentions were good, he's the one who ends up in hot water. And teaching your kid that bullying is the way to go -- as long as it's not your kid being bullied -- is not good parenting. But emotionally I can empathize with the dad, just like I can with the mom who got so enraged with bullying remarks a male teen was posting about her daughter on Facebook that she choked him.
This latest incident also involved Facebook. The bully had allegedly written about Rose: "I love how you're spreading rumours about me. I thought the only thing you could spread are your legs."
Maybe one solution is to keep all teens off Facebook, period.
Would you confront your kid's bully?
we had a situation a few years ago where our son who was 12 at the time was being bullied by someone at school. the problem was it was such a small school that he was always around him. there were only 20 kids in the school with 15 being pre k. our son was the only 7th grader and the bully was in 8th grade. so they were in the same classes.
this past week the kid drowned.
Yes and I did .I was coaching an O.M. team when my 15 y.o was in 6th grade.This girl that had been in class since K started picking on him at school .We talked to him about ignoring etc.Oneday she kicks him so hard after school she breaks the skin.We had a meeting that day and I overheard her laughing about it on her phone.I asked her if it was ok and would it be funny if I kicked her and why not ?Then I told her that for 7 years I had thought she was such a nice girl ,a smart girl and least important a pretty girl.That nice didn't mean you had to be buddies but not man.I also said I was surprised because I knew her mom and I was surprised her mom would teach her these bad habits.That it was a shame she had been a girl with everything ...smarts ,nice and looks but now she just had smarts and looks...what a shame and waste.She hugged me and started crying.So I got my son and we agreed this was over.I told her if my son tried any retribution to call me because this was done.I did call her mom so she would know.She told me she was picking on people and they weren't sure why but she thought what I said was great.
Not that school year but over that summer they became friends and still are.She comes over and he hangs out at her house also.She still hugs me.
No, I wouldn't confront the bully. I'd give my child the necessary skills to deal with the bullying themselves. My son was bullied a few years ago. When they stopped getting the reaction they wanted from him, they stopped.
I wouldn't pay someone to beat them up, but I do think I would confront them.
gossip goes high tech.
Quoting Barabell:
Quoting fantasticfour:What I don't understand is that if someone is on facebook saying nasty things about you, why don't you unfriend them??
You can unfriend them, but other students and peers are still reading those comments on their Facebook pages.
Am I being unreasonable?? (long)
Really pissed because...
- Cafe MichelleP
on Jul. 11, 2012 at 11:24 AM