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Creating Bullies



Posted: Saturday, April 17, 2010

by e
Dhammabucha Rocksprings Meditation

The first thing you want to do is scream at your kids. That makes them afraid and teaches them to become pushy themselves, connecting verbal abuse with authority and influence.  (Never use compassion or loving kindness - that will make girlie men out of them).

If you are dead, so to speak, serious about raising a world class bully, then maltreat them as often as possible. The more maltreatment they learn to endure, the better bully they become. Make sure they understand in no uncertain terms that physical maltreatment is the best way to show simmering anger.
 
So make certain that you beat them regularly. And be sure and not let them express their emotions. This subject should be absolutely banned from conversation if you really want to raise a good bully. If a bully starts to relate to the emotions of other kids, he or she might end up being a friend instead of a bully, and how would you feel about that?

If your kids cry when you hit them, don't cave in to feelings of compassion yourself. Remember, this is tough love to strengthen them so they can fend for themselves in the vicious world they are about to face, just like you do everyday.

And remember, if your kids see you treating others with compassion and loving-kindness, this will only confuse them, so be sure that you avoid this at all costs, especially in front of the children. Hatefulness, impatience, frustration, injustice, unfairness and disdain are the key words here.

Be cautioned that human beings have a natural tendency to a sense of fairness that must be dispatched (killed) when raising Bullies. Don't slip, by building any relationships with them based on showing any kind of sympathetic concern. Ignore them as much as you can except when you are criticizing them. If you want a world class bully, you must be disciplined yourself!

And don't provide a secure environment for your kids. Don't let them get too comfortable. Come home drunk once in a while, and beat everyone in sight. This alone will work wonders with your fledgling bully.

Be sure and start your kid's bully program at an early age. It's never too soon to begin instilling fear in a kid. They will look up to you, so make sure that you display greed, hatred and uncaring in every way possible, especially regarding the neighbors and your spouse.

Be conscientiously uncaring about your child as well. There is nothing like uncaring to teach a kid how mean the world is. Get them ready for it! Remember, keep it punitive and rigid. Keep the child emotionally unstable and withhold as much love as you can.

And before you know it, your child will be beating up everyone in the neighborhood.

Good job.

E. Raymond Rock (anagarika eddie) is a meditation teacher at DhammaRocksprings Theravada Buddhist Meditation Retreat Center: http://www.dhammarocksprings.org and author of “A Year to Enlightenment: http://www.amazon.com/Year-Enlightenment-Steps-Enriching-Living/dp/1564148912

He lived at Wat Pah Nanachat under Ajahn Chah as a Buddhist monk (novice) and at Wat Pah Baan Taad under Ajahn Maha Boowa and Wat Pah Daan Wi Weg under Ajahn Tui as a fully ordained Buddhist monk (bhikkhu). He was a postulant at Shasta Abbey, a Zen Buddhist monastery in northern California under Roshi Kennett; and a Theravada Buddhist anagarika at both Amaravati Monastery in the UK and Bodhinyanarama Monastery in New Zealand, both under Ajahn Sumedho. The author has meditated with the Korean Master Sueng Sahn Sunim; with Bhante Gunaratana at the Bhavana Society in West Virginia; and with the Tibetan Master Trungpa Rinpoche in Boulder, Colorado. He has practiced at the Insight Meditation Society and the Zen Center in San Francisco.
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» left by Suzy 2 years 39 days ago.
It really doesn't take a village to raise a child but good parenting and it is so lacking in this world ~ great pointers because little ones need love and the right kind from time to time...my definition of tough love is very different that your definition. It is standing firm and following through with consequences and at the same time not denying compassion and empathy. Suzy
» left by e 2 years 39 days ago.
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It sounds like you did it the right way! Thank you.
 
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» left by Joyce Dunn
2 years 39 days ago.
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Good article, E. Unfortunately I'm afraid there are still too many people out there who adhere to 'my way or the highway', and correlate 'might is right' even without actual physical abuse. Words and attitudes alone can create bullies, without drunkenness or physical abuse.
» left by e 2 years 39 days ago.
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Yes, they are called political and religious bullies! But they are getting a little more blow back than they used to, thanks to the internet and open discussions. Keep writing!
 
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» left by David Tanguay
2 years 37 days ago.
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I don't believe in raising a child with psychology.
» left by e 2 years 37 days ago.
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Thanks David, I agree. A child should be raised with love.
 
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» left by Steve Kovacs
2 years 35 days ago.
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Good article--there is nothing much worse than raising an emotionally unhealthy kid. Stays with em forever or until they are helped out of the mess they were raised from.
» left by e 2 years 35 days ago.
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Thanks Steve, probably one of the reasons the world is the way it is. It's an insanity in a way.
 
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