Thank you Rose76, Rive and everyone who offered suggestions and insight into this situation. I guess not surprisingly, even after my daughter gave the 2 girls the stupid unjustified apology that they wanted, the harassment continued. Two days later, more false pizza orders came to our home from different pizza delivery stores all in my daughter's name, using our address. Orders totalling over $100. I called all the pizza places, spoke to the managers and advised of this targeted harassment against my daughter using their pizza shops. We were not charged for any of the pizza and they were very understanding. The sad part is the mental health affect of this on my daughter. It's humiliating to sit in your room and listen to your parents answer the door to a confused angry pizza deliver guy with tons of food we didnt order and her name is on the ticket. My daughter puts on a brave bravado and claims it doesn't bother her, but I know it's embarrassing and can't be good for self esteem. My daughter also received 2 weird text messages from out of state numbers telling her they heard she likes pizza and the other claimed to be the school she goes to asking if she had the number of the troubled boy my daughter offered kindness to by talking to him which started this whole thing.
Here's what I did. I contacted police and advised of the situation. Gave police all the out of state numbers that contacted us and ordered pizza. Also advised of previous harassment in March and gave police resource officer's name at school who investigated this previously. police are now investigating this. Also had my daughter block the numbers of the 2 girls plus the out of state numbers sending weird messages. I might have my daughter change her phone number but she is resisting me on that so far. I told my daughter never talk to the 2 girls again. Ignore any communication.
My thoughts on this. First of all whoever is doing this is a coward hiding in shadows. I've thought about calling the parents of the 2 girls, but they've denied all knowledge and played innocent when my daughter confronted them on the phone, they'll certainly do that with their parents. And parents always side with their kid and act like they are angels and blameless so I've got a 90% chance of getting no where with that. I think this possibly goes back to one of the 2 girls having a crush on the troubled boy and they think my daughter has his attention or something (she does not) and so they are harassing out of jealousy. one of the girls has a very strange intense hatred of the troubled boy even though he's never talked to her. She kept telling my daughter she needed to "protect" my daughter from him. That's how the harassment started. She was texting my daughter saying she was "checking on" my daughter. Very odd, very twisted, and very evil. It's jealousy disguised as "caring" and then punishment carried out anonymously towards my daughter. If this is the behavior of this girl as a kid, I shake with fear at the kind of adult she will be. Downright scary as heck! Most kids her age are getting a summer job, hanging out with friends. My daughter told me she did not make it clear that she was not talking to the troubled boy anymore so maybe this girl thinks my daughter is thus harassment continues. I don't know. But it begs the question....what freaking business is it of this girl's as to who my daughter talks to? She has a right to talk to anyone she wants. Why is she being subjected to this torment for talking to the troubled boy?
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