My son got made of for doing THIS yesterday...

Nancy Ma

Sep '25 • General discussion

Wesley, an adventurous and wild little child came home from school yesterday very sad.

He told me that he got bullied and that he cried.

My heart sunk.

"What happened, baby?" I asked him.

He told me that a girl at his desk pod made fun of him for eating something disgusting.

Phew. Ok, I'm glad it wasn't bullying.

I explained to him that bullying is when someone intentionally puts you down so that you can be inferior to their ego.

I said that that's not a very nice thing for her to say, but that isn't bullying.

She just doesn't yet know how to respond to different things in her life in a healthy way... yet.

That's ok.

I didn't want him to feel a victim, especially because I really encourage my kids to stand up for their beliefs.

He decided that next time he would say: "It's not gross. And I love it! My mama made it for me with love, so it doesn't matter if you don't like it because I do!"

And then he got excited that he had a plan to stand up for himself.

What I made for him, most DO find disgusting.

My kids don't like liver by itself, yet, every time we go to a fancy French restaurant that has a $28 pate appetizer, they basically lick it off the plate.

So, I made them a blueberry pate with a maple syrup and grape compote. With homemade and home grown maple syrup and grapes.

They loved it!

It's hard to be different and do different things.

When you do things that benefit yourself, and requires you to be brave, it can feel so hard when the rest of the world says "That's weird. That's gross.".

My kids are different. They're raised different.

And I want them to know that that's ok.

We're not here to blend in with the crowd.

You don't have to like liver, but you can be happy for someone who is eating nourishing foods that bring them joy.

So the moral of the story is this:

Do what you love if it benefits you and brings you joy. Because the world benefits when you are happier and healthier.

With love,

Nancy

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