Monday, March 19, 2012

Help Stop Bullying

This is a Documentary about Bullying. It goes on Everyday, day in and day out. Bullying affects our young people and can even lead to death or suicide in some cases.Recently a 14 year old girl who had endured two years of taunts from Bullies decided she could no longer endure the pain any longer and saw no light at the end of the tunnel, Eden Wormer,  an Eight grader at Cascade Middle School in Vancouver, Washington, hanged herself.  She was bullied mercilessly by female classmates for not fitting in their clique of so called Popular Girls.

Kids are bullied for various different reason at school. They are either too fat, too thin, too smart, too dumb, too gay, too straight. Bottom Line is in if the child doesn't fit into the group's click or way of looking at things he is considered a social misfit, and becomes the target of Ruthless Bullying.

The worse part of this is the Bully thinks that he or she is doing nothing wrong. Either the parents haven't given them a proper set of morals and values of which to live by, or they truly do not realize the consequences of their actions. They need to be made aware of them, This movie is a good way of showing them, another is by starting a dialogue with your children, find out if they are engaging in this sort of behaviour or if they are the target of it and get them help before it is too late.

Currently The MPAA has rated this movie R, which means teenagers aren't allowed to view it. This movie only has that rating because of a few swear words. This movie needs to be seen by Teens and Tweens. I encourage you to go to Change.org and sign the petition to get this movie rated PG- 13 so that it will be made more accessible.  http://www.change.org/petitions/mpaa-don-t-let-the-bullies-win-give-bully-a-pg-13-instead-of-an-r-rating


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