There was once a boy, older than his age, with intricate knowledge of trains. Quiet in his demeanor among his peers, would spend his days away from school talking it up with adults about trains that won the admiration of the veterans of the Union Pacific Railway. His name was Alexander Frye. Sadly, he was [...]
There was once a boy, older than his age, with intricate knowledge of trains. Quiet in his demeanor among his peers, would spend his days away from school talking it up with adults about trains that won the admiration of the veterans of the Union Pacific Railway. His name was Alexander Frye.
Sadly, he was a victim of bullying and teasing which led to suicide. It is another tragedy that we have seen among our youth, Alexander is not alone here. Countless children, and teenagers, have been bullied to the point where they either commit something as tragic as suicide or even becoming a bully themselves. It is a vicious cycle, with the only ending being sad.
I do not usually use my wedding blog as a vehicle to put my views onto people. I believe in discussion and action. Talk is cheap, action is much more important, but it really does start with talking.
I was once a researcher on child sexual abuse. While methodically categorizing each kind of abuse, and there is a lot, one of the consistent findings was the abuse was cyclical. It started with the a parent, or someone the child trusts, onto the child. The child would either be a continuous victim or the child would tragically commit those very acts on other children creating that vicious cycle of abuse. For three years, till I graduated from college, I collected that data for the clinic to put into a published journal. It doesn’t take someone with fancy letters to recognize the problem of this cycle. They just categorize it into ways that creates a better strategy for therapy.
The point here is that bullying, whether it is physical or online, is really prevalent in our society that many have created organizations and clinics to not only create awareness but social activeness to stop bullying.
Hooray for Kindess was started by my buds at the wedding chicks to help support bullybust. Truly it is a good way to start. Parents, please talk to your children. Create an atmosphere open to discussion where trust is developed and wisdom grown. It really does start at home. Look, I am not a parent, but I am an uncle and I will not preach my values onto you. The safety of my nephew is as important to me as to his parents! But don’t you agree that seeing someone so young take their life as tragic and sad? Check out their drive, donate. If you donate you get some spiffy thing or service (yours truly … hehehe, is also participating) in return. But even then. Please be active in your child’s life. Help them fully develop into the intelligent, creative, athletic, world changer that they can be. They can’t get there without help.
www.hoorayforkindness.com :: shouldn’t we all be kind to each other 365 days of the year?
thank you ted, words can’t express our gratitude.
thank you ted, words can’t express our gratitude.