Carry On Koby

Words don’t just hurt, they break, destroy and kill.

To bully is to assault.

A child, motionless, silent, in a group which includes a bully is himself/herself guilty by association, is complicit in the assault, is also a bully.

Bullying is a pandemic, a scourge, it affects and destroys the lives of children and teenagers all around the world, it affects and destroys whole families.

This week (Nov 13th – 19th) is International Bullying Awareness Week.

Educate your children.

Bullying can be subtle, seemingly mild, only meant to be ‘a bit of fun’. Bullying isn’t necessarily intended to hurt but a mere look, the act of leaving a ‘friend’ out of a group, ignoring a friend because someone else in the ‘group’ doesn’t like him/her, ignoring someone simply because he doesn’t play football, just laughing at a friend’s trainers because they aren’t the latest, coolest ones, the effect can be all-encompassing and it can be the straw that breaks the camel’s back, an accumulation of words which breaks a child. A hurtful comment on Facebook or What’sApp, so easily done because the bully doesn’t even see his/her victim, it, too, can break a child.

IT ISN’T “SOMEONE ELSE’S PROBLEM”!!

So many children have

a) been bullied

and/or

b) have been a bully (and might not even realise that their words/actions amount to bullying!!)

and/or

c) have been in the vicinity of bullying.

Is you child in any or all of the above? Do you know FOR SURE?

Education is key.

We can – we MUST – all help to raise awareness of bullying and the devastating effects it has on children’s and their families’ lives.