"Life is not just a stroll." Metropolitan Mark recommended not to react to school bullying.

Metropolitan Mark of Ryazan and Mikhailovsky answered the question Ryazanka SvetlanaShould a child be homeschooled if they are being bullied at school? Interview пRoshla the day before on the program "Image".

"First of all, we need to teach a child a state of dispassion, so they don't react to things that offend them, and don't try to respond to provocations. Because a person's life unfolds in different circumstances, in different environments. Perhaps these examples of bullying will serve as a kind of vaccine, so that a person, entering life, understands that life isn't just a stroll, but a test, a test from others, among other things."“—the metropolitan replied.

A week earlier in the village of Starinka, Omsk region сknownA school principal's grandson violently hits a classmate over the head with a textbook, and a third classmate films the incident. The parents reacted calmly ("What, are we going to fight them?"), and one fellow villager even declared that "children should discipline each other like animals." Meanwhile, school bullying can lead not only to serious psychological trauma but also to irreversible physical harm. Thus, in Zakharovo, Ryazan Oblast boy сbroke teeth, now he will have to spend a long time restoring them.

Video: Diocesan Radio "Logos-Ryazan"