A Yoo-Neek Blog: Anti- Bullying Awareness

Bullying is the most common form of violence in schools... over 43,000 teens between the ages of 15-18 have surveyed as either being bullied or being the bully themselves...these numbers have gone up in that past few years...Facebook and Twitter has made it easier to hide behind a computer and cyber bully. Not realizing how much damage a few typed words can do to another... These are just statistics... There are children even younger.. starting out in elementary school who are bullied and continued to be bullied throughout their whole schooling experience. Sadly some of these children have had enough, and were either too scared to reach out or nobody cared enough to help... and took their own lives before their life really even started... This is soo many ways is wrong...

Our children are like sponges.. they watch us as their role models, repeating and acting just as we do. We as their parents, need to set an example. We are building our future in them. Talk to your children about bullying, seek help if they are getting bullied and don't just brush it to the side as part of a "much needed toughing up" Your child need's you more then ever.
And Parents if your child is a bully.. explain to them the harm that they are causing... I'm not saying its your fault but look around you and see where exactly they are learning these actions... is it the type of tv program they are watching?? violent video games?? is your home life stable and are you teaching them good values??...Bullying can be prevented if we do our part. Even if your child is neither a bully or a victim to bullying.. talk to them about it, because even they can help report bullying and maybe just save a life.

Natalie was a victim of bullying growing up. Made to feel ugly and fat. As you can see she is a confident, beautiful model and we both thought it was important to show others the pain that bullying causes. There is no reason why any child should have to go through school, a place to learn and build the foundation of their futures, scared and feeling unwanted or unloved...

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, by define yourself"-Harvey S. Firestone

"Always be a first-rate version on yourself, instead of a second- rate version of somebody else."
-Judy Garland

"Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke"

" They can inspire, motivate, and bring joy. They can also tear down, destroy and even kill. Words hurt. Things you say can become identifiers to someone and change how they see themselves. Think before you speak. As someone who has personally been the victim of bullying, I know how much words can ruin you." -Natalie Evon

"To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day; is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform" - Theodore H. White