I just got done, at work, doing a presentation where we had three speakers come in and talk to a wonderful audience. Out topic of the event was Suicide Prevention and a focus on the Know the Signs Campaign. (Please Google it). Do you know that in 2012 that more people died of suicide in California than died in car accidents? That includes people that were hit by a car (bike, walking, etc) as well as car on car. The actual numbers were 2,974 (Car) vs. 3,857 (Suicide). Suicide is 100% preventable. So I come back to my desk and go to Yahoo quickly and come across this article on Yahoo. The written part of the article starts out with this. “On Sept. 9, 2013, 12-year-old Rebecca Becca Sedwick did not go to school. Although the incessant physical bullying she had experienced had subsided since she transferred schools, the cyber bullying had intensified. Through social media sites such as Facebook and texting apps such as Ask.fm and Kik, cruel messages tormented Becca, including Youre ugly and Why dont you drink bleach and die. When the incidents were reported to the school, the response had been “She needs to get a thicker skin and ignore it,” Rebecca’s mother, Tricia Norman, tells Yahoo News and Finance Anchor, Bianna Golodryga in an emotional interview. On that particular September morning, however, Rebecca could not take it anymore, and climbed a 60-foot tower at an old cement factory, and allegedly leapt to her death.” SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD. She was only 4 years older than my little girl. How am I am going to protect Morgan from the monsters that will write or say such mean things. (and yes, I know that there are reasons the people that write this kind of stuff do and act the way they are, but when they attack others they are Monsters.) Thank God there are people and organizations that are trying to help the fight…the fight AGAINST MEAN. Here is the link to the article: news.yahoo/kind-campaign-against-bullying-105145162.html . Please watch the video and read what is going on with bullying and the monsters that are out there. Here at work and at home I am trying my best to fight this. No kid, no-one should have to deal with this. Please visit these links for more help. Talk to your kids. That can help them from being bullied and from being a bully. The extra links will be in the comments.
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 20:08:35 +0000
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