Utah mother kidnaps 11yo boy accused of bullying her daughter (3/2026)

[airportwoman]

Last September, the mother of a girl who said an 11-year-old male classmate was bullying her found him on his bike, knocked him off, grabbed him by the arm, shoved him into her car, took him to her home, and made him apologize to her daughter. I do suspect that this is not the whole story, and the one thing she DID do wrong was that she told the boy that her husband was going to beat him up.

As a bullying victim whose parents blamed me for it, I say give this woman a medal.

https://www.abc4.com/news/crimes-against-children/provo-woman-charged-child-kidnapping-bully/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQxRkhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFVeDBLcWdLU1ZScnZwdUpYc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtzSYhL0zWVXH-2mt78uNqIW0Na7n-RYmzFEOjLr0bkRdRIVM_jI_pwj_NX-_aem_nScAF1iJZfp8rDa2Rn7VHQ

 

[IminSyd]

Bullying causes massive and potentially long term harm to children and teens, no question. And schools are often not empowered, willing or are not capable to deal with it. LE don’t see it as their responsibility, particularly when it’s insidious but below a threshold of physical violence. So I get that individuals or their families feel like they have to take care of it themselves.

I really feel for this mum, watching this happen to your child would absolutely bring out the protective bear inside us. This mum probably thought she had done no harm to this kid, just scared him. And to be fair she prob caused less harm to him than he did to her daughter. But it was an illegal act so yes she should be charged. There was prob a better way but I don’t know what that would be. Hire another child to do it? Kidding (sort of).

 

[airportwoman]

Another source I saw said that the girl had been bullying him for a couple years, and he finally retaliated. The boy's mother also did say that the girl's parents didn't talk to them about it first, so this might well be an "Everyone sucks here" case.

 

[Rikissa]

Another source I saw said that the girl had been bullying him for a couple years, and he finally retaliated. The boy's mother also did say that the girl's parents didn't talk to them about it first, so this might well be an "Everyone sucks here" case.

Please, post a link to this information.

 

[airportwoman]

Please, post a link to this information.

Exhibit A.

Mom accused of kidnapping 11-year-old boy, forcing him to apologize to her daughter after he rejected the girl

A mother in Utah is accused of kidnapping an 11-year-old boy and forcing him to apologize to her daughter after he rejected the girl.

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