1. Appearance
Tease your daughter about her albino colouring and insist the abnormality has never occurred in your family.
2. Sporting prowess
Criticise her lack of physical coordination and utter uselessness at sport.
3. Social media
Forbid her from acquiring a smartphone, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok accounts, or any other means to communicate with fellow nine-year-olds.
4. Sexuality
When she says she may be gay or trans, tell her not to be stupid.
5. Education
Attend a meeting with school and pupils on the dangers of bullying. Say nothing.
6. Responsibility
Accept that you may have contributed to her suicide.
Feels distressing as true. Well done
Stark, sad, and very real. I like use of a list.
My friend’s kid doesn’t use a phone to “communicate” with his friends. Unless he is secretly trans. The she doesn’t use her phone to communicate with her friends.
‘This be the verse’
They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
Well done David,loved the format!
Wow!great story.