Due to time (or lack thereof), the big announcement will be posted on Wednesday...
Until then...
Candyland. OUT.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
Make another joke while they hang another rope
Some alarming news:
Did you know 1 in 7 Students in Grades K-12 is either a bully or a victim of bullying?
I'm sorry but ONE IN SEVEN. And it starts in KINDERGARTEN. Not only is it starting crazy young, but the consequences have also become more terrible by the second. Forget the days of being stuffed into lockers and hung on the flagpole by your underwear. Some kids are mean. Really mean. Other kids are committing suicide. Shooting up schools. Cutting, drinking, drugging, numbing the pain. Dropping out of school. They're having their self-esteem ripped from their chests and buried in the dirt.
Kids. My God. KIDS.
I have a kid. Two, actually, though only one is old enough to wipe her own butt. It's only been lately she, too, has had problems with a certain clique that makes her cry, pushes her down, makes her feel less than beautiful. On some days, that is. Other days, they're all best friends. However harmless, I see the pain in those big eyes and I know what I have to do: Protect her. Always. Until the Day I die.
And I know I'm not alone.
Whether it's your child or not, you hear these stories and your heart breaks. If it doesn't, you're made of stone or jaded by all the violence. It's not okay, though.
IT'S NOT OKAY.
Monday I'll be revealing what you can do to make it stop. Because instead of division, we need unity. Instead of hate, we need love, or at the very least, tolerance and acceptance. It may start with the bullies, but it ends with us.
You can read more about bullying from my friends:
Talli Roland
LM Preston
Donna Martin
Sheri Larsen
Jonathon Arntson
Nicole Zoltack
Jessica Bell
Dawn Ius
PK Hrezo
Until Monday, read, listen, watch, think.
"Never forget the fragility of adolescence..."
-Bullying drove 8th-grader to suicide
-10-year-old girl commits suicide because of bullying
-Jarod's Story
-Ryan's Story
Candyland. OUT.
Did you know 1 in 7 Students in Grades K-12 is either a bully or a victim of bullying?
I'm sorry but ONE IN SEVEN. And it starts in KINDERGARTEN. Not only is it starting crazy young, but the consequences have also become more terrible by the second. Forget the days of being stuffed into lockers and hung on the flagpole by your underwear. Some kids are mean. Really mean. Other kids are committing suicide. Shooting up schools. Cutting, drinking, drugging, numbing the pain. Dropping out of school. They're having their self-esteem ripped from their chests and buried in the dirt.
Kids. My God. KIDS.
I have a kid. Two, actually, though only one is old enough to wipe her own butt. It's only been lately she, too, has had problems with a certain clique that makes her cry, pushes her down, makes her feel less than beautiful. On some days, that is. Other days, they're all best friends. However harmless, I see the pain in those big eyes and I know what I have to do: Protect her. Always. Until the Day I die.
And I know I'm not alone.
Whether it's your child or not, you hear these stories and your heart breaks. If it doesn't, you're made of stone or jaded by all the violence. It's not okay, though.
IT'S NOT OKAY.
Monday I'll be revealing what you can do to make it stop. Because instead of division, we need unity. Instead of hate, we need love, or at the very least, tolerance and acceptance. It may start with the bullies, but it ends with us.
You can read more about bullying from my friends:
Talli Roland
LM Preston
Donna Martin
Sheri Larsen
Jonathon Arntson
Nicole Zoltack
Jessica Bell
Dawn Ius
PK Hrezo
Until Monday, read, listen, watch, think.
"Never forget the fragility of adolescence..."
-Bullying drove 8th-grader to suicide
-10-year-old girl commits suicide because of bullying
-Jarod's Story
-Ryan's Story
Candyland. OUT.
Monday, March 12, 2012
I meant to call. Really.
Oh. Hey.
This is the awkward moment where I realize it's been a long time since I talked to you and you're all "why haven't you called?" and I'm like "I've been busy. I meant to." And you're all "Mmm hmm. Right." Then you twirl your hair and stare at me like you're imagining stabbing me in the eye with your fork. I have no excuses. Except the usual [insert melodramatic monologue about babies, work, and why Ann Curry is the Antichrist].
...back to my point...
I'm working on something. A movement, of sorts. I can't take this era of bullying. I just can't. I can't sit back and read about all these kids killing themselves. I just can't. So I will do something.
I.Will. Do. Something.
And hopefully, so will you.
Join me next Monday. It will all make sense next Monday.
You always knew I was a tease.
Until then, please share your stories. Have you ever been bullied? Do you know someone who has?
Forward this on. I want to hear as many stories as possible.
Candyland. OUT.
This is the awkward moment where I realize it's been a long time since I talked to you and you're all "why haven't you called?" and I'm like "I've been busy. I meant to." And you're all "Mmm hmm. Right." Then you twirl your hair and stare at me like you're imagining stabbing me in the eye with your fork. I have no excuses. Except the usual [insert melodramatic monologue about babies, work, and why Ann Curry is the Antichrist].
...back to my point...
I'm working on something. A movement, of sorts. I can't take this era of bullying. I just can't. I can't sit back and read about all these kids killing themselves. I just can't. So I will do something.
I.Will. Do. Something.
And hopefully, so will you.
Join me next Monday. It will all make sense next Monday.
You always knew I was a tease.
Until then, please share your stories. Have you ever been bullied? Do you know someone who has?
Forward this on. I want to hear as many stories as possible.
Candyland. OUT.
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