A mom on TikTok is going viral after taking matters into her own hands and confronting her daughter’s bully. The New Zealand based mom demanded answers directly from the girls who are allegedly cyberbullying her daughter. Despite teachers trying to stop the mom, she stands her ground, making it clear that she isn’t going to let the behavior slide.
While some may not agree with her approach, it’s clear she made an impact. Many people on social media are praising her, pointing out how schools fail kids who are being bullied.
The video has over 1 million views.
TikTok user and mom of four @sapphiremusix shared the video with her followers. In the video, the mom can be seen walking into a classroom. She pushes past a teacher, walking directly up to a girl who appears to be an older tween or teen. A teacher steps in front of the girl, attempting to shield her.
While some people would have filmed the video to show everyone involved, the mom made a point to either film from below or blur out faces to protect identities.
“Why are you posting my daughter online?” the woman asks. When the girl doesn’t respond, she poses the question again.
“Do you know how many people die from suicide because of that?” she demands as a male teacher steps between her and the girl.
@sapphiremusix I should of waited for the parent meeting but I couldn’t help it. Fk bullying. Fk fat shaming. If you aint teaching your kids that bullying is not okay WTF you doing. And I’d do it again. #fkbullying #fyp #nz ♬ original sound – sapphiremusix
The teacher doesn’t seem interested in holding the bully accountable.
The teacher mentions calling the police, but the mom isn’t deterred. “Call the police,” she replies, telling the teacher she has evidence that the other girl is bullying her daughter. The mom goes on to explain that the girl is fat shaming her daughter on social media.
“It’s not nice,” she says. “Do you understand?” She then asks what is going to be done, to which she doesn’t get a reply. After she mentions having screenshots as evidence, it is suggested she take them to the police. “If I have to come back, it won’t be pretty,” she warns.
“I should of waited for the parent meeting but I couldn’t help it,” she wrote in the post’s caption. “Fk bullying. Fk fat shaming. If you aint teaching your kids that bullying is not okay WTF you doing. And I’d do it again,” she wrote.
All of the commenters praised the mom for standing up for her daughter.
“Did that male teacher just mention to go the the Police!” one commenter wrote. “The fact that the bullying is happening under their watch at school, the question is WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT!!!! We’ll done Mama, we need to keep doing this, the teachers actually dont get paid enough to manage bullying, so I stand for this 1000%!!”
Someone else commented: “This exactly how it should be handled! But this is how bullies get away with it, because those teachers are always protecting them and hiding bullying under the rugs! Go you mumma!”
“If only they protected your daughter as much as they protected the girls bullying her,” another person wrote. “This is the way to deal with it if the teachers won’t.”
The mom posted a happier update.
After the overwhelming response to the video, the mom shared a playful follow-up of her and her daughter dancing.
“She’s okay fam. Thank you for the love. We dancing our way through it,” she captioned the video.
“I’m so glad you stood up for her, schools don’t do nothing to protect kids from bullying,” one user wrote.
Another person commented: “just know so many people stand behind you and what you did. in the past 15 years nothing about bullying in NZ schools has gotten better, it’s only gotten worse. if they don’t want more parents taking matters in our own hands they better start addressing it.”
