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Brother pretending to be bullied?

My 12 year old brother claims to be bullied by this boy in his class but I'm almost certain he's the one bullying him. My brother lies almost constantly and always finds ways to get me into trouble because he's the 'favourite'. One time he told my mother an Father that I threw something at him, even though I obviously didn't, and he even started crying about it, desperately trying to make my parents feel sorry for him and get angry at me.

He's a real fake in front of my parents and talks in a baby voice, making my parents believe he's innocent as hell. I recently went on instagram to find him abusing another girl on instagram calling her a '****' and a, please forgive my language, '****'.

I feel really sorry for this boy because he's really shy and quiet and really doesn't deserve this. My mother has even consulted our religion and the principal of the school to talk to the family.

I dot believe my brother's friend is completely innocent because fair enough he has hit my brother twice but he probably had a good reason by the sound of it.

I just don't know what to do because it's really getting out of hand and my parents have no idea about the instagram account or the 'real him' and it frustrates me like hell because my parents call this other kid a psychopath and they always yell at me for things and tell me to be more like my brother but to be honest I don't think I want to...

Sorry for rambling but I'm really in a pickle :/

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    You should show your parents his Instagram account. You could go to his school, and talk to the principal about what your brother is doing.

  • Fanis
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    Hey my friend.

    Let's see the things from another perspective.

    Yes you're brother is acting like that and there is some reasons that is doing it... What he does to you or to the other girl or boy in school it has nothing to do with you or them but it has everything to do with him... he has some issues.. maybe he wants attention, maybe he feels sad inside and lonely and he wants to do things like that to feel more powerful and good about himself.. this behaviour is usually happening when someone is feeling lonely and not good about himself and they do bad things to others to feel better about themselves.

    Instead of getting angry at him you should try to understand him a little... he's doing what he's doing because he feels bad about himself in some way, he feels lonely, he feels sad, he might want to do something and he doesn't... try to understand him really.

    Also obviously you have to accept some things you can't control like his behaviour and your parents loving him more... this is something you can't change and you can't control... so instead of getting mad at your parents or brother accept that and ignore them all...

    Instead of focusing on your brother start focusing more within yourself... start doing the things you love, start loving the things you do, start do things that will make you happy.. It might be hard to do this while you're in the same house with your parents and brother but you have to try and ignore him... Really when you try to understand why he does this things you'll understand that he's really lonely and he just wants attention so instead of getting mad at him the next time he does something to you and he blames you to your parents and your parents get mad at you try and say something like "sorry brother i won't do that again" and start focusing within yourself again... say it like it's a routine and you just said that for the sake of saying it just to get away from that situation that will make you feel even angrier.

    In the end the truth will come in the surface, sooner or later... but really instead of focusing on things that you can't control and that make you angry start focus within yourself and things that make you happy.. be responsible for your happiness and instead of blaming your brother for it start making yourself happy...

    If you are kind to your brother and you start to understand him something might happen and change... give him love and understanding instead of getting mad at him. That way you feel good about yourself and feel sorry for him and you want to help him..

    If you want to change someone to be better person the first thing you should do is to accept that you can't change them but you can change yourself... so by you being a better person and a stronger person you give the permission to others to do the same, you inspire others in some way to do the same... so stop focusing on him and start focusing on you and your life.

    After some years when you get older you'll think about this and laugh or you might not even think about it and forget it...

    Also about the bullying thing on instagram and if you think he really bullies other kids then you should stand up about this, show it to your parents even if you think they won't believe you or to a teacher or something... bullying is really bad and you should stand up for anyone who is getting bullied because usually the kids who are the victims don't do anything about it.

    Good luck

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    I think you should sit down with your parents or one at a time and explain this to them, show them he instagram and any other evidence you have about him

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