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welcome to the the program. Russell.

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Yeah, okay. And how

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old are you? I'm 11.

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And what can I do for you? Well,

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I'm really having a bad day today, like from school.

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And whenever my

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friends, they always, they

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would make fun of me, like as

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in, like they would make fun of me.

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And sometimes I'll think they would be teaching.

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And then, and then

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sometimes they make me really sad. But

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now, but now,

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they always make fun of

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me for

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being short and I'm

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not really growing much. And

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so I was, so and

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today, I won't, I won't. They

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kept calling me a pervert. And

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because, and they were making fun of me saying

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I like this eight year old girl at my

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school that I

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don't even know. And

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they brought the

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eight- I'm sorry, Russell, who is they? You

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keep saying they, who are they? My

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friends. No, sir,

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Russell, friends do not do that.

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Why are you calling them friends? Friends

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don't hurt each other's feelings. Nope.

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They kid each other. But

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you're telling me that it's the

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intent is mean. And

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how can you call them friends? friends

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I wonder. I'm

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starting to realize that they're

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not really true friends and

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and they keep apologizing

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and I said and I

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keep and I said I'm not gonna forgive

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you anymore because every time you keep doing

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this you keep every time

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you try to apologize you guys just

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keep doing this again so

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oh that was really good answer that's

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very intelligent and that was very brave

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I'm impressed good job thank

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you and

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now I have something awful to tell

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you Russell and

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mom I'm gonna have to use a bad word so

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it's okay bear with bear with me

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okay Russell the world

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is full of shitty people

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from grammar school to high school

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graduate school to medical school to the

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world to your neighborhood and

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politics no matter where you go even at

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churches no matter where you go the world

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is full of shitty people and

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what you're best doing

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at this age because you sound

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stronger than even

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you think is

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to realize that we can't

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let them in can't

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let them into our hearts we

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can't let them get that close so

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when somebody says you're a

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pervert turn around look at

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them very seriously and say what exactly

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does that mean and then

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they're left having to explain something they have

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no explanation for because they're just being stupid

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okay nothing intelligent is coming out of these

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kids they're just being stupid and

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mean so what I want you to

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do is from this point

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on anybody says anything to you, you're

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short. Yeah.

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So what do you mean by that?

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Do you realize how hard a question that is to answer,

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say it to me, what do you mean by that?

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Say it. What do you

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mean by that? No.

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Say it. What do you mean by that?

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What do you mean by that? Yes.

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The mean is the key

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word. What do you mean by that? So

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you come down with that and

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you let them answer. They'll have no answer.

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If you just let them fling stuff at

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you, they'll never stop. But if

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you turn around and go, that's interesting. What

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do you mean by that? Or

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what is a pervert? What does that mean? Keep

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asking them to explain what they're saying. Other

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people are going to watch this. They're going

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to be very embarrassed and you're not going

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to yell. You're not going to cry. You're

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not going to look sad. You're going to

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look as strong as you clearly are or

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you could not have said what you said.

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That took a very strong kid. Frankly,

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that took a very strong adult too. Thank

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you. So

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you're fine. You just need to learn

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how to handle shitty people

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because you're going to come across

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them forever. Ask your mom. She

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has gotten rid of shitty people in

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her life. Right, mom? Yeah,

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there you go. But you

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don't let them into your heart and

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you don't call them

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friends. So

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I want you to hang with some of the other kids and

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leave these jerks alone. But

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I hope tomorrow they call you some names

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again. I'm hoping for it so that you

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can turn around and go, what

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do you mean by that? And just

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keep a serious look on your face.

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Not sad, not scared, not upset, but

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sort of serious. Mean

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by that. And they'll all don't

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know what to do. And if

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you keep doing that, This

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is gonna Stop. Because.

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It embarrasses them. With.

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The. Next. Okay,

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So. You're not sad anymore Today Paid.

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As at this moment. You're. Not

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said good. Ah, Yes,

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We're. Both very mom's oxy circular thing. Thank

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you for thank you for give me

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a little leeway on the s word.

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Director of Oh Yeah before. Us.

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And. We I do you ever a we listen

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to you every day and that's when he said

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he said maybe I should go Dr. Laura. Oh,

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I'm glad you did, Russell, and

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I'm hoping tomorrow. At.

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Least one of them says something stupid so you

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can do your thing. Of

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subsidizing so much. Thank you so much

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and I hope they have to try

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that to. The. Ass and

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Dad Mom I'd like you be in a

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couple days. Call back with Russell because I

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dying to know how it went. With.

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Loved a d that thank you so

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much. Okay, okay, we're hoping to make

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a fool of themselves tomorrow. Yes,

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