I was bullied a bit in late eatmenelry school for seeming poorer than the other kids and not having as many clothes (the funny thing was my family is/was pretty wealthy, just not spendy) and having a single mom. I don't remember being devastated I had my own group of buddies. But it did factor into my mom's decision to let me try out for a new magnet school, and I ended up there and it was great. My husband was pretty severely picked on in middle school, poor thing. I can still see how it's affected him sometimes. My husband worries about bringing up our girl in his same little Swedish village, since she can be a bit shy like he was, and perhaps will be bookish, and she'll have th added detriment of an immigrant mother. So we'll watch out for that.
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