My son went on a school trip yesterday and ate at a place called Culver's. He said that he felt sick after he ate but thought it would pass. So he walks around trying to shake off this nausea when he suddenly squirts his pants. Immediately he goes to the restroom and sees that he sh!t his underwear. He doesn't know what to do with the sh!tty underwear so he tosses them in the garbage. Funny thing is right when he is tossing them in the garbage, his classmates walk in and catch him holding them over the can. They now are saying he sh1t his pants and making all kinds of fun of him. My son said this one kid that dislikes him said "you're nasty!" I told him to laugh it off today at school but my son said something that bothered me --he said "so much for my popular streak!" I don't want him to feel miserable he couldn't help it and he was up half the night sick from whatever he ate. He's in the 8th grade and I need advice --I know it's going to be hell on him today at school!
2007-09-26 01:42:32 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Grade-Schooler
DANIMAL YOU SHOULD KNOW ALL ABOUT LAUGHING STOCK, JERK!
2007-09-26 01:51:33 · update #1
Some answers are so rude, why bother if you're going to be azzholes?! Furthermore the negative answers are no doubt from people that got teased in school relentlessly.
Thanks to all that sincerely tried to help.
2007-09-26 01:57:35 · update #2
First off let me address danimal, you can get upset stomach right after eating, too much grease will make you sh!t!
You couldn't help it, it was an act of nature. For the punk that is taunting you tell him to quit bobbing for your underwear, he's more fixated on it than you are. Laugh it off and say sure I sh!t this food was toxic. Tell them too that you could've kept the underwear on and suffocated them the whole way home.
Before I go tell the punk you sh!t something that looked identical to his face. Popularity shouldn't be an issue, you had an accident and life is full of them!
Peace
2007-09-26 03:46:51 · answer #1 · answered by poison_angel32 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I remember 8th grade and kids could be your best friend one minute and your worst nightmare the next. I am not a parent but could I suggest that if your son was up half the night sick keep him home today. This will "legitimize" his claim that he was sick on the trip and also keep him out of the spotlight of criticism from his classmates. Generally these types of things have a very short lifespan as something always happens to deflect kids attention to some other issue. So with a day off the whole thing might blow over and if something is said to your son the next day in school he can simply say "I was really sick and someday you might find yourself in the same position and wish people would help you out instead of making fun" then he should walk away.
2007-09-26 01:52:06 · answer #2 · answered by YoungFella 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I will tell you a story that if you wish you can pass on to your son, when I was in 7th grade I wore white shorts to school one day, I thought I looked soooooo cool! Well that is the day that I got my "friend" every one saw it, and those that didn't see it heard about it with in 20 min! I wanted to die! I heard things like "Big Red" "Drip Drip" "The Red Sea" and "Spot" for as long as I can remember. At first every time some one said it to me I was so embarrassed. By the time I went to high school it kinda became an inside joke between the friends who survived middle school together, and even to this day when my friends find me on MySpace I see a "Spot" or "Drip Drip" left in my comment box but it does not bother me it actually makes me laugh that after all of these years I am still remembered and loved by my friends I have had for many years! I hope this helps. Tell your son that by next week some other kid will do something stupid and they will forget about him! Good luck!
2007-09-26 01:58:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
That's hard to deal with, expecially in 8th grade where other kids judge you for every little thing. The only advice I would give is like you said just laugh it off. When other kids make fun of him just have him laugh along with it. Also, if that kid says "you're nasty" have him think of a funny/yet not hurtful comeback to say to him that would get him in trouble and will hopefully make the other kid laugh. I think soon these kids will forget and find someone else to make fun of. It all takes time. Good luck!
2007-09-26 01:55:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well it might not work the same with kids, but every embarrassing moment I have I bring it out in the open and tell everyone. In that situation I would be like "The food yesterday made me so sick I couldnt hold it in. Total bummer that I had that happen. Hopefully, for your guys sake, it doesnt happen to you. What a mess."
Or give the ole "Meh, it happens. It will happen to you someday too and when it does remember that you tried to make fun of me about it."
If he acts as if it bothers him, the kids will only be more hardcore.
2007-09-26 01:49:49 · answer #5 · answered by Rick R , Super Duper Samurai 侍 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I would say that accidents happen and that he was sick we have all been through that and tell him to hold his head up, because everyone knows that something like that has happened to all of us and that does not mean that he is a bad person. Tell your son to not worry about what people say and that he was sick and that is not something that happens every day and hopefully the kids will forget and move on. Just tell him to remind them all that he was sick and he did not go to the bathroom on himself, that he was just sick and to stop teasing him, and he needs to get thick skin but he will make it, just be there for him to support him.
2007-09-26 02:12:29 · answer #6 · answered by rashida_16 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The answer is that he was sick. Most kids (if they'll admit it) have had some tummy troubles too. If he was up half the night, you might want to keep him home for the day. And it adds credibility to the fact that he was sick.
Did you call the Culvers and tell them?
2007-09-26 01:53:18 · answer #7 · answered by DaisyCake 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Kids that age can be so cruel, just waiting for something like that to happen to someone else so they can taunt them. I know it's trite, and it's hard to do, but he just needs to ignore it when they start on him. Or if he's the type, he can joke back about it--"yeah, I thought school cafeteria food made me want to crap myself; Culver's really made me do it." THe less he lets it get to him, the better. And the unfortunate truth is that next week they'll be on to someone else for something else. As for the comment about popularity, yeah this is the age that popularity matters, and the least little thing can knock you off the list. Stupid but true.
2007-09-26 01:55:30 · answer #8 · answered by Starfall 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Yes it will be hard on him maybe he should ask the teacher if he can address the class and explain exactly what happened to him and ask if anyone knows a better way to handle the problem than how he did you will be surprised how the kids will end up siding with him ~~
2007-09-26 01:53:56 · answer #9 · answered by burning brightly 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
aaaaaaw I feel so sorry for him thats awful! it sounds like he had a really bad bug!! He just needs to be cofident and say to the other kids, "have you never been sick". Once he keeps the head and makes the teasers sound childish it will pass!
School kids can be so awful!
2007-09-26 05:08:24 · answer #10 · answered by Aruba 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋