Bullying not only Hurts, but it Kills

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

Bullying is a Killer and Should be Addressed

Bullying is a form of self edification. By making someone else feel smaller, it makes the bully feel bigger and better about themselves. In reality, the person who is doing the bullying really is crying out for whatever reason to make themselves feel important. Unfortunately, the person being bullyied is the one that is left wondering, what is wrong with me? Why don’t the other kids like me? Why can’t I beautiful or rich or popular? Why can’t I make the football team or the cheerleader squad? What’s wrong with me?

If you don’t think that bullying has an effect on people, take a few minutes and watch these two videos. One with a happy ending and one not so happy.

Turning bullying into something positive

Jillian Jensen, for whatever reason survived. It wasn’t easy and I can imagine the pain that she went through. You can see and feel it in the song that she performed in front of the X-Factor audience. Her song was so moving that even Simon Cowell could not hold back his feelings. And if you just watched the video, I am sure you felt her pain from her bullying as well. Jillian, if you are reading this post…You are a Rock Star. Keep doing what you do, be careful of your heart and stay away from drugs. I hope you win the contest but if you don’t you are already a star in my book. You have done more for bullying in that one song than the government has with all of the money they have spent in television ads. Rock On, Jillian, Rock On!!!!

Unfortunately Bullying does not always end so well

Some kids can’t handle the pain and we see that more and more are choosing a permanent solutions as a way of escaping the pain. Kayle Marie Wright is just one of those stories. Amanda Todd is another. Below is Kayle’s story told by her sister.

We will probably never stop bullying

I hate believing that, but I don’t believe we can. No more than we can stop murders of innocent people or drugs from coming into this country. But what we can do is open the conversation with our children to find out if they are being bullied or if they are bullying someone. Explain all of the different kinds of bullying. Show them the video above and let them know how the kids being bullied feel inside and that sometimes kids just can’t take the pressure of not being accepted. Let’s let society know that bullying is no longer going to be accepted and that if your kids bully anyone, there will be penalties and charges brought against them in a court of Law.

Please pass this blog to anyone who has children who are still in school and to young adults who may have just gotten out of school and been a victim of bullying. A simple blog like this one could save a life and to save just one life would be worth the time for you to copy a link and share it.  Maybe that someone could be close to you.

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