When Randy Smalls found out that his daughter, Re’Onna, was in a group of students who bullied (欺凌) a girl at school, he took action.
After saying sorry to Ryan Reese, the girl who was getting bullied, Randy found a way to teach his own ___1___ a lesson. He decided to buy Ryan some new ___2___. Re’Onna was upset, especially because she loves going shopping. So Randy asked her to come with them and help ___3___ Ryan’s new clothes. Randy also took Ryan to get her hair done — he even ___4___ to pay for the twice-a-month upkeep (保养) of her new clothes until the end of the year!
As upset as Re’Onna was at first, the more time she spent with Ryan, the more she began to ___5___ understand the importance of not bullying. Not only because it’s not okay to hurt others but because you never know ___6___ someone else is going through. For Ryan, that included losing ___7___ dad, grandpa, and aunt in a short period of time. “I wasn’t expecting it,” Ryan said. “I just started to cry. It was really sad for me ___8___ I had lost my grandpa, father, and aunt, and it really took me deep down in my depression (抑郁).”
“As ___9___, we have to take responsibility for what our children do,” Randy said. “We can teach our children, but when they go and are around other children, ___10___ terrible may happen. When situations like this happen, we have to take action and be the parent and not the friend.”
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