You have lived longer, seen more and done more.  In fact, you have earned the right to say, “Been there, done that and got the t-shirt to prove it!”.  It is the right of parenthood to stand tall and be proud of what you have been through and survived so far.

"There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now I am old, there is no respect for age - I missed it coming and going." - J.B .Priestly 

We’ve all heard adults and children talking like this. Is bullying getting worse? Is it a new emerging trend? How many of us can remember humiliations at the hand of school yard bullies! Some of us were not only being bullied by our peers, but by adults.