Comments on A Journey of Books: Fighting Bullying - Jen McKen

I experienced bullying as a child. I was (and stil...

2011-08-22T07:23:23.136-07:00

I experienced bullying as a child. I was (and still am) rather large. And even if they say that it's just harmless teasing, it just lowered my self-esteem and I never felt, at least, pretty.

Now, though I'm still rather a few pounds heavier, I've learned to embrace who I am and just turn a deaf ear to the "teasing". That or I just clobber them.

I'm joking. I just wish that parents and teachers don't turn a blind eye from bullying thinking that they should not interfere with "children's business".

Thank you so much for posting this. I was a bulli...

2011-08-21T15:08:12.057-07:00

Thank you so much for posting this. I was a bullied teen, and anyone who thinks, even for a second, that bullying is harmless is so, so, so wrong. I still bear emotional scars from high schools, along with the physical ones. I was pushed into lockers, had chunks of hair ripped out of my head by complete strangers, and had slurs spraypainted on my locker and on my house. And when my parents went to the schoolboard, they refused to do anything about the problem.

Things only started to get better my last year of high school when I went to the NYLC conference and met other kids my age that cared about books and music and theater and world events, rather than making each other feel badly.

THIS is why we need more books and movies about bullying. We NEED parents to actually *parent* their children and explain what bullying is and how it hurts. And we need school administrators to give a damn about what happens in their schools and fund programs to teach kids that all types of bullying are hate crimes.

Lori

Id like to invite you folks to come to Amish Stori...

2011-08-21T07:10:50.727-07:00

Id like to invite you folks to come to Amish Stories for a recipe for "Famous Pennsylvania Dutch Sticky Cinnamon Buns" along with a book signing schedule for Amish fiction writer Wanda Brunstetter for Pennsylvania and Ohio as well as a contest to meet her. I hope everyone so far is having a great weekend. Thanks everyone. Richard from Amish Stories.