Monday, October 11, 2010

Thumbs Up Against Bullying. Honor Our Humanity

Thumbs Up Against Bullying.
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The First Step In Stopping Bullying Is To Educate Yourself On Its Prevention by
visiting:

BULLYING.ORG
BEATBULLYING.ORG
STOMPOUTBULLYING.ORG
STOPBULLYINGSPEAKUP.COM
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The only agendas of this video are:

1. Tolerance, defined as a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc., differ from one's own. You don't have to agree with somebody else's mindset or lifestyle -- but you do, as a human being, have to exercise tolerance and honor each other's humanity by never inflicting physical, emotional, or mental harm on another human being.

2. Parental Accountability. Your child is first your own responsibility, and then secondly a ward of society. You have the first contact to shape your child's mind as you choose, and while your child may or may not grow up to carry on your perspectives, there is no excuse for allowing your child to inflict physical, emotional, or mental harm on another child or human being.

Bullying is not a part of growing up and it's bull to suggest that it is. It may be inevitable that your child will encounter criticism in their life and will have to learn to grow a "tough skin," but there is a distinct difference between a peer or an employer telling your child "I don't like what you created or how you performed professionally," and someone causing physical, emotional, and/or mental harm by beating up or slandering your child because that individual doesn't like who your child is as a person.

You don't have to like the kid, but you must act civilly and honor their humanity. Everyone has the right to be respected and the responsibility to respect others