In this Safe Home episode, Beth discusses the tough topic of bullying with a long-time friend of hers, Maria Lundstroem Lopez, who was regularly beaten and treated horribly in elementary school. Beth's son Joey was also bullied with racist microaggressions throughout his whole school journey. Maria talks about how these wounds from being bullied have stuck with her until adulthood and gives some ideas for how to deal with bullying in today’s schools and families.

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Other Parents Like Me -  https://www.facebook.com/other.parents.like.me

Heather Ross - Life Coaching for Parents of Addicted Teens: https://heatherrosscoaching.com/

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TIME STAMPS:

2:34 Maria’s background

5:38 Maria’s coping tools when she was being bullied

9:15 How Maria helps make safe spaces for her music students

12:42 Bullying ourselves

14:57 Some people use drugs to cope

17:20 Maria’s suggestions for parents of kids who are bullied

18:15 Joey’s experience being bullied & how his school responded

22:22 Maria standing up for herself

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