Very interesting thread! Maybe our tolerance is just lower now and with the internet reaching everywhere it is probably necessary with regard to bullying. I mean back in the day it might have been hurtful for someone to write something mean about you on the bathroom wall but now it is being broadcase into everyone's homes, other school's students have access to the gossip and with our technology fake pictures, copy/paste things etc. really have the ability to make it more damaging than just girls in the restroom at my school reading "Jules sucks".

As with anything there are pros and cons. I mean it is wonderful and necessary that scapegoating is no longer tolerated however I do think as a well adjusted human we need to have somewhat of a thick skin and self assurance to be able to let some negativity roll off our backs.

All people aren't going to like us, some are going to be mean or jealous. Life is unfair and while no one deserves to be terrorized I do think we need to push past some of it. It takes me back to the current way of so totally insulating and praising our little ones. I really don't feel that sets them up for a realistic view of the world and at some point we all need to accept that our finger painting on the refrigerator isn't the next Monet masterpiece.