How do you choose who you love? How do you choose who you hate?
Everyday thousands of children are bullied and this isn’t ‘A Christmas Story’ kind of bullying, it is neither justifiable nor funny.
Have you ever asked your child what they know about bullying? Has it ever occurred to you that this is an issue worth being discussed often and in detail?
As adults we have a responsibility, not only to our own children, but to all children. We are supposed to be there to protect them from these things. Not only do we need to protect those being bullied, but the bully as well. The bully mentality starts at a very young age and we CAN change that.
Our children need us to stand up for them; they need us to teach them what to do if they are being picked on and how to feel good about themselves. Most children who pick on others do so because their own self esteem is very low and they get attention, even praise when they pick on others. We need to open up to our children, share our own experiences and make sure that they know that they are amazing, just the way they are.
There are too many children lost to suicide each year because they feel so alone and need help. Too many children fall into depression because they don’t know what to do. I’m not a fan of ‘anti’ anything so I don’t like using phrases like ‘anti-bullying’ I like to think of it as being proactive, I am ‘pro-self-respect ‘. Let us be ‘Pro’s’ together.
We are losing too many beautiful children to something that can be prevented.
For more information on bullying and how to help, please visit:
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/safeschools/registry.html
For those being subject to abuse for being gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender or questioning their sexuality:
Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will scar me deeply.
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