Praying for the Mean Girls
I am writing to you as one parent to another. My heart aches because my daughter has been targeted by mean girls at her school. This is not new. It is something that started in middle school and seems to have carried over to high school. We had hoped and prayed this year would be different, but only three days into the new school year we realized nothing had changed.
It’s not easy to watch your child struggle with something like this. It’s difficult not to get angry at the bullies who have changed your child from the strong, confident girl she used to be into a shy, uncertain young woman.
So, I need your help. I need encouragement to pray not only for my child, but for those who have grown up believing this is an okay way to treat their peers. Praying for my children is as involuntary as breathing, but to pray for the people who are torturing her on a regular basis is so hard. Keeping my anger at bay is trying. Allowing my daughter to attempt to work it out on her own with her peers, teachers, and administrators goes against my nature. I want to rush in and help her, but admire she wants to handle this on her own.
In the end, I might have no choice but to get further involved. For right now, though, I ask you to help us seek God’s direction and to help me set a good example for my daughter.
