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Hi, welcome to Cheers. I'm your host, Avery Woods. The following episode contains sensitive topics of suicide that could potentially trigger emotional distress or discomfort. Please listen with caution. Remember, it's okay to take a break or skip the episode if needed. Hi guys. Welcome back to the Cheers podcast. I'm your host, Avery Woods. Welcome to the new studio. It looks so beautiful. David worked on an all day, I think on Saturday. I can't even remember what day it was, but he killed it. He did such a good job. I just wanted more like a moody, clean vibes. I think it's much more simple, cozy, relaxing. I just love it so much. Obviously we have these cute little pink chairs and then I got another pink chair for when we have guests. But today we are doing a little rapid Q A girly talk. I asked what you guys wanted me to talk about and I assumed you guys would have submitted subjects for me to just rant about, but I got so many different. I got pulled in so many different directions in so many different subjects. So I was like, let's just do a rapid Q A. So we're gonna chat it up and we have a trip plan planned in two weeks to go to LA and we have some fun guests. So I can't wait for that. But yeah, let's get into it. I had a lot of questions asking about Ziggy being bullied at school and I don't want to go too much into it, but I just want to touch on it because obviously I have shared on social media, but I, you know, I just think it's nothing that I ever was prepared for having a kindergartner. I think, you know, we've obviously had situations with our oldest two girls, but they're 14 and 12 that I expect. I expect in junior high four kids to be mean and to say not nice things. That's when. No, I would say the first time I ever got bullied was about in fifth grade. But I think for girls especially, bowling starts like junior highish. But when my five year old came home and started having some certain opinions about what he was wearing and I kind of had a pry out of him that a sixth grader was bullying him, I was shocked to say the least. Obviously we have been in communication with his teacher about it and other staff members, but it just makes me so sad that that's happening to him. And it first happened when he was picking out crocs for back to school clothes shopping and he was so excited about his duck crocs and then all of a sudden One day he was like, yeah, I know. These aren't school shoes. These are travel shoes. And I was like, what are you talking about, travel shoes? And I was like, you don't want to worry duck crocs. He's like, no, I wonder. My camel crocs. And I was like, okay, I didn't really think about it right then and there because we were in such a rush for school. But then the next day, he was wearing a shirt that was so cute from Zara, and it was a little doggy, and I think it said like, adios or something on it, I can't remember. But he came home and he's like, their shirt is so silly. I don't want to wear this shirt. And I'm like, what are you talking about? I'm like, this shirt is so cute. Like, you've never really. He's never been a kid to, like, care about what he wears. He just is a boy and is wild and wants to have fun. And then I was like, okay, this is starting to become a pattern. And then we were laying in bed one night and I had asked him, and he, Ziggy is not one to ever tattle. He doesn't want other kids to get in trouble. He just wants to be everyone's friend. And he's also the kind of kid that, like, I've witnessed multiple times, different kids, like, hitting him at the park or like even Stevie, you know, beating him up. And he just stands there and takes it like, he won't even hit back because he's such a sweet soul. And so I prided out of him. And he finally told me that there was a boy that was much older than him that had pushed him down on the playground twice where teachers had witnessed it and was making fun of what he was wearing. And so we had talked to the teachers about it. And also on Crazy hair day, he just had school spirit week. That same boy told him he didn't like his hair, and he also said that his name was stupid. So we're. I don't know. I'm. I'm frustrated because I feel like my 5 year old is being targeted by a 6th grader who's. What is that, like 11, 12 years old? And that shouldn't be happening, especially when multiple teachers are witnessing it happening. That boy should not be around my son. So if it keeps becoming an issue, then I'm going to start making a big stink about it because I will not have my child bullied. And David and I have a very different perspective on this, which we have talked about, or I talked about my Instagram stories, but by the way, trigger warning suicide, because I'm going to talk about it, and this is very morbid, but I have had kids as young as 11 years old, you know, attempt suicide and not make it because, you know, it was too late and they had an anoxic brain injury. David has held children's legs up because he's had incidences where kids will use their phone cord to hang themselves in their closet because kids on Facebook told him to. And my son is turning 6 next month, and he's only five years away from that. And he is at the age now where he starts to remember things like I remember things in kindergarten, first grade, and I don't want that to build up in his mind and more incidences to happen. For him to ever want to do that or feel so low about himself that he would consider doing that, it would obviously be detrimental. And I just. That's my biggest fear. And I know that's just thinking the most extreme, but unfortunately, with my past career and David's past career, we can't help but think that way. And that's just how our brains are wired. Because I would rather prepare for the worst if that means taking him out of this school or, you know, going above and beyond getting lawyers involved. If that needs to happen, then that needs to happen. I will do whatever it takes to keep my child safe. And when he's in school, he should be safe. And unfortunately, right now, I don't feel like he is. And that's a huge issue to us. So we are kind of taking it from there. And the reason I chose to talk about on social media is because I think it's important for parents to understand that this kind of stuff is happening and your children might not be telling you or your child might be the bully. And I also spoke on Instagram about this, about how, you know, my biggest haters are moms. And for whatever reason, I get a lot of hate from moms, whether they don't like my parenting, they don't like how open and honest I am. They don't like, I don't know, the fact that I have massive tits. Whatever the case may be, I don't care. But unfortunately, I do feel like those moms have said such evil things to me. And I'll click on their profile and it's like, mama4, loving mama4 in their bio, and it has pictures of their kids, and I want to be like, what type of kids are you raising? If you are so confident to use your personal profile to, or even a fake one to say such God awful things about me publicly or DM me, what kind of children are you raising at home? Because what if your kids saw that? Would you be proud? Would you be proud of your kids seeing you say these awful things? And unfortunately my kids do have a little bit more of a target on their back because of what I do.