I blame the parents
Last night as I watched The Voice I became
enraged as we were introduced to a young man with Tourette Syndrome. I became
so cross I have decided to blog about it. This young man told of how he was
bullied in school. This is when I really saw red!
Is it 2013? Are we supporting our children
to embrace difference or are we laughing and sniggering at those who are
different? Why in this day and age is bullying still so rife?
I work as a psychotherapist and each and
every day in my practice I come across stories of bullying. It makes my blood
boil. I 100% blame the parents. Yes, that’s right you heard me I blame you for
allowing this to continue. We all know it’s wrong so why is it still happening?
Bullying behavior is seemingly happening
all over the world in every school in every city and town across the world.
Why can’t parents sit their children down
and tell them bullying is not acceptable?
Why can’t parents tell their kids it is not
acceptable to be on the receiving end of bullying or to be a bully? Do we really need others to tell us this? I
don’t think so but just in case I’m telling you to sit your kids down and tell
them all about it.
Please join me in this and spend five
minutes with all of your children and tell them in no uncertain terms that
bullying is an act of cowardice. Tell them that bullying is not smart, clever
or funny but that it is despicable and dreadful. Tell them that it hurts people
and that some people cannot bear to continue living as a result of being on the
receiving end of it. Let’s stamp it out. Let’s be sure that we are not passive
in this and that we are active in our parenting.
Let’s STOP bullying and let’s do it NOW.
