Real Talk: How Can Parents Address Bullying‪?‬ Real Talk With Susan & Kristina

In this week's episode of 'Real Talk,' Susan and Kristina dive deep into the topic of bullying. Discovering that your child is either being bullied or is the one doing the bullying can be incredibly challenging for parents. However, it's crucial to be informed. Join us in this episode to learn about the necessary steps you should take, the responsibilities schools have, and how you, as a parent, can ensure your child is protected. Tune in for valuable insights and practical advice.
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TRANSCRIPT: Susan Stone: 
Welcome back to Real Talk with Susan Stone and Kristina Supler. We are full time moms and attorneys bringing our student defense legal practice to life with real candid conversations.
 
Susan Stone:
Well, good morning. 
 
Kristina Supler:
Good morning, my friend. 
 
Susan Stone:
Gosh, I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted. I’m just so tired. Every bone in my body feels tired. 
 
Kristina Supler:
It's funny you say that, because this morning, for the first time in an unknown eternity, my alarm went off to go to the gym, and I chose not to get up. I went back to bed and then another hour and a half to sleep.
 
Susan Stone:
I've had a lot of those mornings and I'm wondering what's contributing to the exhaustion. Any ideas on your part? I just think it's we're really busy. 
 
Kristina Supler:
We've had a busy January. We've had a lot of hearings. We have a lot of tough cases that I think we both really care about. And, you know, our work is it's not work that you can do if you don't care. You know, I mean, what do you think? 
 
Susan Stone:
Yeah, You know, I try very hard and I know you do to to separate work from home because our family does. Yeah, but I take it home. I carry it in my heart. I carry every client in my heart. And it's hard. 
 
Kristina Supler:
It's hard to turn off your brain at night and stop thinking about these really significant issues that, you know, we've spent hours all day sorting through. But then you go home and, you know, my children are younger, obviously, as you know, I'm in mom mode cooking dinner and helping with homework. And last night we were making cookies for a school presentation on Friday, and it was kind of like, my gosh, the last thing I want to do, but you have to do it.

 
Susan Stone:
You've got to do it. And I know that I worked last night after I made dinner and I just was losing patience for the client and it was more just fatigue on my part.
 
Kristina Supler:
Yeah. 
 
Susan Stone:
So I need to recharge and so do you. What do you do to recharge? 
 
Kristina Supler:
that's a good question, because it can be a couple of different things.
For me, sometimes it's just having a weekend that's unscheduled, you know, not having a million activities, but then also sleep and exercise and just sort of having some time for myself and not feeling like I'm running around all weekend, you know, taking care of other people. But I mean, what about you? 
 
Susan Stone:
Yeah, I don't know. I, I don't know.
I keep thinking about it. It's a moving needle. But one of the things I do know is that we do let work move into our home space, and it keeps me up in the middle of the night. So I got to get better at that. And if any of you listeners are out there and have some ideas and yes, I already do practice yoga and healthy.
 
Kristina Supler:
 mindfulness, 
 
Susan Stone:
I've got that mindfulness.But you know what's been coming in a lot and I just thought we talk about it. We're getting a lot of calls about bullying again.
 
Kristina Supler:
 We are. And we get those cases and those calls, I should say, all the time. I mean, every year. But I do feel like in January there's always a bit of an uptick in bullying, say, issues.
And it's really for students of all ages, wouldn't you agree? 
 
Susan Stone:
Yeah.