With all the talk about schoolyard fights being filmed and posted online, it was appropriate that yesterday was the inaugural "Say No to Bullying" Day.
If you missed it (as I did), it's not too late to check out some great resources online which you can use with your students. We must all join together to celebrate diversity and tolerance, and say "no" to discrimination and violence.
Check out the Australian Government's The Line website and 97.3FM's Robin, Terry and Bob in the Morning, where you can make a Facebook pledge to say "no" to bullying.
The 97.3FM website also includes videos about bullying, as well as interviews with a parent who caught his children bullying a child and dobbed them in to the local police. His children were charged with assault.
Tough love? What would you have done?
Dobbing in your own kids? Wow. That takes guts. Whether or not I'd do it? Don't know. I guess it depends on the kid. If you think it would make the difference, sure. And if they're under 17, it's just a juvenile record that gets wiped anyway.
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