The Berenstain Bears and the Bully by Stan Berenstain

Tuffy really needs to be removed from her home but that's another story.

I get why Tuffy's parents were not called but they could have called Sister's parents. The mentioning of the counseling was important to show but of course its a kids book so there won't be any going into details about Tuffy's issues which she has serious issues. I do agree about showing Brother helping his sister because parents won't always be around to help right away. Anyway the book could have as well shown the parents involvement just as they showed Brother stepping in. She didn't think about it because she is just a cub and she doesn't fully understand abuse. The scary part for Tuffy was that she wasn't crying because Sister hit her she was crying because she was afraid of her parents beating her and the story says Sister didn't think about it any further. It was a good idea for Brother to teach Sister how to defend yourself because its good to know against strangers in other places. He could have went to ask another adult what happened and why wasn't it stopped. Papa was going to go down to the school to see about it but Mama stopped him. That in itself would have shown more concern for Sister.

I think parents would like to see Mama and Papa Bear talking to the principal about the incident that took place. Mama and Papa discussed it and decided to handle it by just staying away from the bully. SO much was happening many things got left out in the book. Now to the people who did not like the violence in the story well at least Brother did not hit the little girl which shows he knows better than to do that no matter what the situation is and also because he wasn't the one who was beat up. Also what is happening today in comparison to the story is a sibling getting angry and wanting to seek revenge. It is still true today that kids may want to get back at a bully but with situations now most times the bullying takes place online as well as at school. Now that comment sounded like Sister being the one who was being rude when it could have been a mistake but Tuffy just beat her up anyway. Sister Bear is attacked at school by some girl named Tuffy, Sister trips over her feet and she says hey maybe you should watch where you put your feet. I will say the story mentions a lot of different issues that comes with dealing with a bully. I did not read a review where it stated what exactly is dated about the story. Many people say it is dated and for the most part I do not believe that.

The Berenstain Bears and the Bully by Stan Berenstain