I have seen the following video popping up in my Facebook feed, but finally was able to sit down and watch it when my friend Hanan over at Lilac City Momma posted it on her blog.
This video is heartbreaking. After crying my eyes out, I truly don’t know how to wrap my head around it.
I do have a promise that I am going to make my son. I am a tolerant person. My husband and I see people: not race, religion or anything else.
My promise to my son is to raise him to treat others with respect. To raise him to know that it’s NOT okay to call other people names. To raise him to know what is right and what is wrong. I promise to do that.
As Hanan from Lilac City Momma said:
I know we can’t always control what our kids say to other kids, but as parents we have the responsibility to teach them what is right and wrong, including being a bully and calling each other names.
https://www.stopbullying.gov
https://www.pacerteensagainstbullying.org
https://www.stopbullying.gov/kids/
https://www.kidshelp.com.au/
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Hugs and thank you for sharing this on your blog. I think it hit too close to home for me. As you know, my 8 year old son has already been a victim of bullying. It is a battle that is so hard to fight. Thank goodness he does not have a mean bone in his body and will not retaliate back. Still, I worry about him internalizing all of this mean behavior that will only intensify as the bullies get more sophisticated.
Our world can be a cold and dark place and it sucks. I applaud this young man for standing up and putting this out there. He is so right, he is so much stronger then any of those other kids & there are more then a million reasons for him to be here. Thank you for sharing this.
When I was an elementary teacher, I would see this crap (and I use that word intentionally) going on and it made me angrier than just about anything else. It is SO hard to control, because the bullies can be very very sneaky. I would get so upset and frustrated at the limited resources and such for dealing with it. I think that there should be much stricter punishments and consequences in place in schools for dealing with it, consequences that involve bringing both the student bully AND the parent in for some sort of counseling as well as punishment. The kids that are bullying need to hear from third parties about their disgusting behavior, and their parents need to hear it, too. Especially the parents, because so many times I told parents about their children’s behaviors only to have them scoff or flat out deny it or defend it. In these cases, the parents are almost more to blame than the bullying kids. One thing I am glad of is that this problem is becoming more and more well-known and talked about, and the more aware people can be, the more we can do to get it stopped. I believe that (not being an expert in this at all) there are probably many instances when the bullied student has legal recourse. Ugh, it just gets me so angry. Thanks for sharing this video, sorry my comment was so long.
Thanks so much for sharing. I also have taught my kids to not call names and to treat others as they wish to be treated. My son does get bullied though, and it is a tough road. It’s so hard to understand, he’s a nice kid. God Bless you all!!!
Powerful!!
What a powerful video. Thanks for posting it.
I love the video! And posted it to my FB page! Here’s the response I got … I wish people would stop posting this… this kid is a liar.. and making a butt load of money off this… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt5gvl5s2q4
https://www.facebook.com/amy.mmommy/posts/239096349489444