Bullying Stops Here – Pink Shirt Day
Bullying is a big problem in our society. Everyday there are thousands of children and even adults being bullied at schools, in a work place, over internet and even in a “safety” of their own homes.
Bullying destroys families….bullying takes innocent lives….bullying causes permanent damage to self-esteem.
As a mom I had to deal with bullying after my oldest son became disabled (grade 3) and I had to face bullying again when my autistic nephew who also suffers from Turret’s Syndrome entered public school system.
Fortunately, I found out about my children being bullied and I did not rest till it was dealt with…until the bullying STOPPED permanently.
Many children are not that lucky. They are afraid of speaking out. They are afraid of telling loved ones. Their parents find out when it’s too late or the parents are afraid themselves.
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Bullies comes in many different shapes and sizes. The biggest bully can be the sweet girl next door bullying “the known troublemaker” that nobody believes.
Shelley from I’m Still Standing recently wrote about The New Bullies: Cyberbullying & Online Harassment
Bullying is a disease of our society. Disease we don’t seem to find a permanent cure for…..not until we all get together and stand united.
We ALL need to stand up and say: “BULLYING STOPS HERE!”
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Get involved….have your voice heard.
One way to help stop bullying is to join PINK SHIRT DAY on February 23, 2011.
Wednesday February 23,2011 wear something pink to show your support. Stand up against bullying and let the bullies know that we as a group stand united and we won’t tolerate bullying ANYWHERE.
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The Pink Shirt Day idea was inspired by two 17 year old Nova Scotia high school students who organized a high school protest wearing pink in support and sympathy with grade 9 student who was being bullied.
Quote from Globe & Mail:
“David Shepherd, Travis Price and their teenage friends organized a high-school protest to wear pink in sympathy with a Grade 9 boy who was being bullied…[They] took a stand against bullying when they protestedd against the harassment of a new Grade 9 student by distributing pink T-shirts to all the boys in their school.
‘I learned that two people can come up with an idea, run with it, and it can do wonders,’ says Mr. Price, 17, who organized the pink protest. ‘Finally, someone stood up for a weaker kid.’
So Mr. Shepherd and some other headed off to a discount store and bought 50 pink tank tops. They sent out message to schoolmates that night, and the next morning they hauled the shirts to school in a plastic bag.
As they stood in the foyer handing out the shirts, the bullied boy walked in. His face spoke volumes. ‘It looked like a huge weight was lifted off his shoulders,’ Mr. Price recalled.
The bullies were never heard from again.”
Lets get together and STOP BULLYING FOREVER.
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Join me, my family and my friends on Wednesday, February 23 – Pink Shirt Day and wear PINK in support of BULLYING STOPS HERE.
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Love your Post & I totally agree. GOOD JOB! I’ve tweeted your Post, and will tweet everyday until the 23rd! Have a good one, and thanks for stopping by.
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Thank you Dolly.
This sounds like a great idea – going to pass it along to my daughter’s school – they’ve been focusing on bullying as part of their curriculum and this would be a great addition to that!
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That’s awesome, Heather. My oldest son’s high school is participating already and I am bringing this up today at my youngest son’s school.
It’s touching to me that they stood up for that boy.no one should ever have to endure being bullied.
-Crystal
I agree. There should be more people and more children standing up for the weaker and bullied ones. That’s why Pink Shirt Day is such an great movement.
I love this idea!!! Banding together against bullies is wonderful!
Yes, if we all get involved bullying will slowly be in a past.
I love it!
I wish more parents would get involved and stand strong against this.
It’s terrible that I have to worry about my 5 yr old baby being bullied!
He is a baby! He says mom, I didn’t know what to do and it made me cry!
Thanks for sharing about this.
Will be tweeting you out too.
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What a great way to get involved! A teenage girl who was friends with my niece committed suicide last week because she was being bullied. It’s so heart breaking to think that she was pushed to take her own life.
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That is absolutely heartbreaking. The suicide from bullying is on a rise and we need to stand together and deal with this huge issues as a society. If every parent talked to their child and explained to them how important is to speak up for the weaker child or tell someone there would be no bullying in schools.
Excellent idea! I’ll be wearing my pink!
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Thank you for all your support.
The thought of a child having to spend his or her day in an environment that fosters fear is sickening. IMO, tolerance of bullying starts at home. If we teach our children the importance of building others up, not tearing them down, we can take a step in the right direction. A campaign like the pink shirt day is a perfect example of a way to build support for tolerance.
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LOVE it!! I’m totally doing it!
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More of us will do it bigger impact it will have…..thank you for joining Pink Shirt Day
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Stopping by from SITS 31 DBBB, this was a great post! I’m still quite young, 23, but I distinctively remember a day in high school that I pulled a sheet of paper off the printer in a class that was meant for another student. I don’t remember what was written on it but it was meant to make fun of him. Everyone got mad when I crumpled it up and threw it away but to this day I do not regret that.
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That’s exactly what the Pink Shirt Day is…..student standing up for students. There needs to be more students like you.
Congratulations for standing up and making a difference. I tweeted and stumbled your post to spread the word. I’m also from SITS 31dbbb.
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Thank you so much for helping me to spread the word abut bullying and Pink Shirt Day.
Bibi,
I added your post to my Sunday Surf: The Best of What I Read This Week!
On another note, my daughter told me that on Monday she stood up for a child that was being picked on at school. (Mind you she is a senior in high school and a size 0, but she stood up to a group of boys no doubt bigger than her. She says they have stopped the bullying and drop their heads when she walks by them now.) She has a hidden disability (hearing loss) and so she sympathizes with children with disabilities. After she told me the story, I told her about your blog post.
Thank you so much. I have a niece that is senior as well and she doesn’t take any punches and won’t allow anybody to bully anybody under her watch. I am so proud of her for that as I am sure you’re proud of your daughter for taking stand. It takes strong girls/women like that to make changes.
Thank you for addressing this important issue on bullying. Good luck with all the support for your 2011 campaign. Here’s hoping its bigger and better than ever. Spread the word!
Thanks too for visiting my community on BlogFrog!
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Bullying is a big problem!! I’m afraid my oldest may be getting bullied (or left out) at school. I’m going to call his teacher today!
thank-you for writing about this.
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You’re right. The thing that bothers me the most is that it doesn’t seem to bother many school officials or even other parents. I can’t tell you how many stories I hear where the parents go to the school with a complaint and the school barely does anything about it. This leaves parents frustrated and on their own. This isn’t helpful for anyone…least of all the kids.
I’m so grateful our school has policies in place and takes a strong action against bullying.
Great post. Hopefully things will start changing in the rest of the country.
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I never knew today was pink shirt day. What a great idea. I wish my children’s schools did this, although maybe they don’t know about it.
I’m going to tweet your great post.
Btw, I’m doing 31DBBB and will be following you on twitter.
Beth
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Thanks so much, Beth. It’s so great everybody tweeting and retweeting about pink shirt day. Love all that support.
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This is a GREAT idea, good for you! Yay for pink!
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Thank you Debbie. It was such a successful pink shirt Day and I hope next year it will get even bigger
very great post! i am so proud of those students who founded this. they are really true heroes and responsible.. they should be followed as examples for each student in the school.
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Hello –
My school participated in pink shirt day last year and planned to do so again this year. Is one set for this year? will there be one set? is this the site I should be looking at to get more information?
Thank you.
Beth
Beth, the next Pink Shirt Day is set to February 29, 2012 and the official site is http://www.pinkshirtday.ca