I keep hearing these commercials on TV and the radio about bullies; bully awareness I guess you can call it, telling kids that they need to report being bullied to teachers and parents. Also, letting other kids know what they can do to help other kids out. But am I the only one thinking that they're not getting to the heart of the matter as to why kids are bullied in the first place? They are bullied because they are seen as weak. And in all aspects of nature and society the weak are always preyed upon by the strong. Always. "But it's not fair.", I can hear you say. Yeah, but life's not fair. When you popped outta your mamma, the doctor never said life was gonna be peaches and cream for you when he spanked you on the ass.
Perhaps we should be building kids self-esteem up instead of teaching them to just run for help?
How do we do this? Self defense classes? Involving kids in activities that they are good at that gives them confidence in themselves to know they are good at something? Activities with their peers in the same types of so they'll have friends that enjoy the same stuff they do? Starting them off early and often in these things and being active and involved parents so you know what's going on in your child's life?
It irks me to no end that I keep hearing how to solve the BULLY problem but not how to solve the SELF ESTEEM problem that gets the kids picked on/beat up in the first place. Over time, this problem will go beyond school, it will go into the workplace and government. You won't get anywhere career wise if you're seen as weak. You'll constantly be looked over and walked over for promotions. And do we really need our nation to be seen as weak and easily picked on, unable to stand-up for ourselves? We're getting pretty close to that already, aren't we?
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