Bullying has been a hot topic for the last few years as more and more kids are speaking out about their own experiences. Videos of victims fighting back against their bullies are making their way to the internet. More teens than ever are taking their bullying to social media, mostly Facebook. Nicolette Taylor was teased so many times online and at school, she asked her parents for plastic surgery. Her nose was disfigured after being broken.
Nicolette’s mother, Maria Taylor, said people questioned her choice to allow her daughter to have a nose job. “I think it’s fine. For a while, we say, ‘It gives you character.’ But if that’s the one thing that makes her so insecure, I don’t have a problem with it.” Maria said that her daughter cried when she saw her new nose.
Her father justified the surgery as an example of parents’ natural wish to do everything they can for their kids.
“You send them to a good school, you’d buy them shoes,” he said. “You’d get them braces, which we did. It’s that kind of thing.”
Would you allow your tween or teen to get plastic surgery if she were being bullied about her appearance?
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