A group of mums has defended a pregnant mother who stormed into a classroom to threaten and abuse a girl she was told had bullied her daughter.
The Adelaide woman publicly apologised for bursting into a classroom at St Paul’s College and unleashing an expletive-laden rant on Monday.
However some women felt she had no need to apologise, and have taken to social media to back her actions, saying they would have done the same thing if their child was being bullied.
The screaming mother claimed she had begged the northern Adelaide school to take action to stop the bullying but that her pleas had fallen on ‘deaf ears’.
The fired-up mum decided to take matters into her own hands and confronted the alleged bully, telling the Year Eight girl she would ‘slit her throat’.
‘You ever f******* mess with my daughter again, I’ll slit you f******* throat,’ she screamed as two men restrained her.
‘You want to f******* go b***h? You want to f****** go? You ever f******* talk to my daughter again.
‘I’m your f****** nightmare b***h… I’ll slit your f****** throat. I’ll be waiting for you.’
After footage of the heated incident went viral online, a growing number of Aussie mums leapt to the mother’s defence in the name of ‘Team Mumma Bear’.
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The angry mum said she took matters into her own hands on Monday (pictured) after her pleas for her daughter’s school to intervene in the alleged bullying fell on deaf ears
Young mum and personal trainer Jess Dickson said for a mum to ‘lose her s**** like that’ shows that she genuinely believed her daughter’s life was at stake.
‘The tonality, and the frustration, and the fear, and just the “f*** you” in her voice it really shows that this was a final straw for this mum,’ she said in a TikTok video.
‘Now in the past year, multiple children have committed suicide because of bullying because no one stands up for them.
‘Teachers and parents might not see it, and the parents of the bullies probably just say, “Oh no, that’s not my kid”.
In 2023, suicide was the leading cause of child death in Australia with 94 youths taking their own lives.
Many agreed with Ms Dickson’s take, saying they would ‘rather attend court than their child’s funeral’.
‘Team Mumma Bear all the way… Personally, I would have been right there beside her if my kid was in the same school,’ one mum wrote.
‘Soooo on team Mama Bear. I fear I would be a bit more psychotic,’ another agreed.
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SAPOL said it was investigating the incident at an Adelaide school (the mother is pictured)
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Mum and personal trainer Jess Dickson (pictured) claimed the angry mum had ‘saved her daughter’s life’ by confronting her alleged bully in the classroom
Others shared their own experiences with bullying.
‘I was informed (by) the head educational director from my daughter’s primary school that bullying is only considered bullying if it happens every day – not every second day. It’s not good enough,’ one woman said.
‘My parents tried the right way over and over [to end my bullying]. Finally, my dad went to the parents and told them every time I had a negative interaction with their daughter, the husband would have a negative interaction [with dad],’ another shared.
‘My parents contacted the school multiple times when I was bullied… Radio silence,’ a third woman commented.
‘My dad went into the school and looked at the bully. I never got bullied again.’
The Adelaide mum claimed her daughter’s alleged bullies had told her to ‘hang herself’.
‘I don’t want my daughter to be another statistic. I don’t want to have to bury my child. She was crying, she was devastated that this child told her to go and hang herself,’ she told a Channel Seven reporter.
‘I did everything in my power as a parent, and so did my husband, to make sure our daughter was safe. I have stated time and time again to the school that we are begging. We begged for help. We begged.’
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St Paul’s College (pictured) said it was committed to its duty of care for all students and staff
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas described the mothers’ conduct as ‘indefensible’ and ‘mind-boggling’ on Wednesday.
‘I don’t know what the circumstances were that led the parent to say those things, but whatever they were, they do not condone or justify those remarks in any circumstance whatsoever,’ he told reporters.
A police investigation is underway, and St John’s College principal Patrick Harmer assured parents that the matter was being handled by the school.
‘The college remains committed to its duty of care for all students and staff,’ he wrote.
‘We provide an environment where the safety and wellbeing of all is our highest priority. We will continue to ensure the best possible support for our students and staff during this time.
‘We are continuing to work closely with the South Australian Police, and as a result, we are unable to provide further details regarding the incident.’
