Yes. It is awesome advice. And it works exactly until children realize that it doesn’t work very well at all. We are telling our kids to TELL someone. But we aren’t helping that SOMEONE out. So they tell. And nothing changes, or maybe it even gets worse. Worst of all, maybe the SOMEONE is so overwhelmed by the information that they can’t even HEAR it properly. Bottom line: Most people give the wrong advice about to kids about dealing with bully actions. Elementary students are far more likely to tell someone than middle or high schools students. Why is that? Because they’ve learned that the adults don’t make it better anyway.
(Tangled Ball’s take on this: The one thing all adults can do is say “You don’t deserve that. I don’t have all the answers but maybe we can work on this togehter.”)
So, Kelly, get on that bus and tell us what you hear. I’m sure our good friends up north can help shine a little light on what’s happening here in the states…because as Kelly would say, “Bullying happens here.“
