Today I was looking at some news sites online and I found a couple of stories about a “Stop the Bullying” rally in Idaho. A 23 schools got together and raised awareness about bullying in their schools and communities and they also had an art contest themed around bullying. Events like this are really influential in helping more people to understand the consequences of bullying. Dr. Charles Shackett, who is a Superintendent in Idaho, said “We need to bring greater awareness, to the community and the parents, because they're part of stopping it. A school policy isn't going to stop bullying.” This is so true. Just making more rules against bullying isn’t going to solve the problem. We need to teach people that the issue of bullying isn’t just the bully’s problem or just the victim’s problem... It is everyone’s problem and it affects us all. The only way that we can reduce bullying and harassment in schools, communities and online, is to know the signs of bullying, how to deal with a bully and how to stop it from happening in the future.
JR
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