We can try and teach our kids to be kind to others and preach the messages about why bullying is wrong, and hope that they absorb them. But sometimes our messages fall on deaf ears, and it takes something more powerful -- like a message from one of their peers -- to really get through to them.
The brave boy in this video, identified only as Ricky, made this video in which through a serious of handwritten messages he tells how much kids' cruelty affects him at school. He says he feels like "he needs to be someone else" so that people will like him when all he wants to be is himself. He also gives an example of how he was taunted even on National Suicide Awareness Day.
The sad thing is that there are thousands of kids out there like him feeling like this each and every day. No one is going to be liked by everyone, and there's a certain amount of kids-will-be-kids teasing that will never go away, but when kids are hurting this badly, something is wrong. Something must be done.
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Good for Ricky for expressing himself like this. Hopefully his message will let others know they're not alone, and that other kids will see it and realize just how much their actions can hurt others.
In what ways do you try to prevent your children from becoming bullies? Do you worry more about them getting bullied or becoming a bully?
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This just breaks my heart, but what an amazing, wonderful young man .He has shown great courage by making this video, and I pray things will get better for him. Kids can be so cruel, and they don't realize the lasting effects of their behavior. Keep your chin up and know that you are worthy and that yes, you do belong. ((((HUGS)))) :)
But parents also need to raise their children to be kind to others and to not bully. It's monkey see, monkey do, and if you're an asshole or a bitch toward others in front of your children, guess what they learn to do? It's the parents of bullies who need the help.
The world needs more kids like this boy. A lot of adults could take a lesson from him as well. We would all have a better and kinder world to live in.
I live in Decatur Illinois and about a week or two ago, a 14 year old boy committed suicide because of bullying. He was severely teased by peers because he was overweight, and the school did nothing about it. He got in a fight at school defending himself, and the principal suspended both children. That night, the boy killed himself. Sad that the people who are suppose to be watching out for these kids wont do anything to stop the bullying.
Kids will pick on other kids who are better than they are because they are threatened by it. This boy has a special light that shines--some can't take the light. Adults do this too--find ways to put down those who are more advanced intellectually and spiritually--and it's simply because they're threatened. Andrew D. Renshaw, you are right--he'll come out ok because he's so much better (as long as he realises he is.)