24-02-2026
Gold medal for Dutch speed skater Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong at the Olympic Games. I sincerely wish her this, especially because of the bullying she endured in her early childhood. Similar to the bullying that farter Michael van Gerwen endured. As the parent of a severely bullied child, I feel a =truly= painful bond and sometimes realize that my child has come very close to the abyss of bullying. It has to stop, period! For this, I requested a meeting with a foundation that fights against bullying. My main question was why that foundation can't stop the bullying either.

A polite reply referred me to a board member. Then followed silence, up until now. This behavior is the answer to my main question. It's painful to experience that fellow sufferers also inflict this silence on me (and others?), because I didn't ask for this. NOT sharing knowledge and experiences is the reason why our youth aren't being properly coached and are, by tinkering, reinventing the wheel (such as bullying), which exists for centuries.

The silence has a cause and a purpose, and THIS is the =real= conversation that MUST be had. But it will never happen. Because this conversation never happens, it (among other things) prevents us from finding an effective approach. The cover-up silence is undeniable due to ¨sub ordinating¨ or ¨put behind¨, but why? Why when it comes to stopping bullying?

This leaves me stuck in the question of why it's a life goal to stand out above the crowd? (One of the factors in bullying.) Being in the crowd is just as good... consider this. Rule-1, ¨Let live¨, automatically creates the (mental) space that fighting will NEVER create. This is age-old wisdom, and I can keep silent about it; but then I wouldn't pass on the baton (of peace & growth) to my children, in the relay of ¨generation-onto-generation¨.

Bullying is also a baton that is passed in the same relay. Through silence. Often, a parent says, ¨I guess it's just my time¨. Until after the flood? While that afterworld could just as easily be made before it, and in doing so, make the flood unnecessary.

This message is also published at the site of the legal public scrutiny:
Home > Notices of default to the Clique > Open messages released at Facebook