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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Bullying: Are you The One? – Lily's Blackboard

Bullying: Are you The One? – Lily's Blackboard
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Bullying: Are you The One?

Children are dying. A bully is making their lives miserable. A bully is threatening them. Humiliating them. Being mean.

There’s research on the bullies. (No, they are not all troubled children who don’t know how to love. Some of them are just mean. Some of them just like to have power over someone weaker. They enjoy crushing souls.)

There’s research on the silent bystanders. (Yes, they have a share of blame. Their silence gives power to the bully. Some of them are cowards. Some of them, like the bully, believe the child being bullied deserves it because they are different. Their watching gives approval and encouragement.)

There’s research on why a child being bullied gives up and decides to die. There’s research on why another bullied child decides to live.

The research says it is all about the number One.

Children who decided to live had at least One caring adult to talk to. They had at least One adult who didn’t tell them they were imagining things. There