If I could really do something and not fail I would honest
to God stop the bullying that exists in our world. Too many of the blogs I follow and the
articles I read are about kids committing suicide and it being due to being
harassed by their peers. I am going to
go a little “off the chart” here, but there are few things that piss me off
more than when any human being bully’s someone especially for being
different.
Let me make my thoughts perfectly clear when I tell you that
we are not born hating people. We are
not born judging people. We are not born
knowing what makes any of us different.
We are not born claiming superiority over anyone. We are taught these things. These are learned behaviors. I would imagine there is some sort of
psychological study that shows to what degree we can blame how we are raised or
what happens in our homes as we grow up.
To ever get to the point that you think taking your own life
would be easier than the torture you have to endure everyday just by going to
school, or being in other social groups, would have to be the saddest place to
ever find yourself, or your child, or someone you love. It is hard enough being a kid now anyway. Technology has made it so that a child almost
does not have to interact with a human being at all. And a lot of people have used the TV as a
babysitter. For some children their only
social connection with other children is at school. So imagine an introverted child, going to
school and being surrounded by other children who think his being unsociable is
a character flaw that they can pounce on.
There are so many variables to social interactions as well. I just think people who have children have a responsibility
to teach them empathy. A responsibility
to teach them about our differences. I
don’t understand a parent who wants to teach their child to hate. Or that it is okay to humiliate, torture or
destroy a person’s spirit.
CLICK HERE to read about this ground breaking documentary
that I personally feel should be shown at every single school across the
nation. Something has to be done. I know I don’t have children, but I seriously
cannot fathom living in a world where sending our children to school could possibly kill them.
Ellen interviewed the parents of a child who was bullied and
hung himself in 2009. I will warn you
that if you have a heart, it will bring tears.
And it should also make you want to do something to stop this. We can all start by teaching our children to
accept all people, no matter what. If we
can be taught to hate, we sure as hell can be taught to love. We don’t have to love everyone, we don’t even
have to like them…but we can walk away if someone is different and we don't like it.
I urge you to watch this and take a stand:
Bullying does suck! I always stood up for those being bullied on the playground. I remember one time there were kids throwing mud and rocks and calling this other kid names etc... I stood up to the bullies and asked them why they were doing what they were doing and they just left because there was no good reason. The kid being bullied asked me why I stood up for him and I said because what they were doing wasn't right and that if they ever did anything like that again to let me know about it (they didn't). I felt like a hero. Ill never forget it. I was one out of only a handful of friend he had. As time went on I helped him get more and more friends. I've lost touch with him but he should be doing just fine. Good blog tiff!
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