We can all admit that bullying is wrong.
It’s easy enough to just say it.
But it’s hard to know if the message will stick.
I find that hearing someone’s experience, or even sharing your own, is one way to help get the message across.
There’s something about listening to someone’s own story and the impact it has left on them that makes it more real, or at least you hope it does.
Which is why I feel like it’s so important to share your own experiences with your children, at least for the most part.
I know that I can’t talk, I don’t have kids, I couldn’t possibly get it.
Meagan MacEachern The MacEachern Mindset
But I don’t feel like you need to have children to know that opening up about what you went through will help get that message across.
That was why when I heard about the Bigger Than That program heading this way, I was excited for the school participating.
Hearing an adult explain what they went through really hits home.
I remember some of the stories shared with me when I was a kid, about how bullying leaves a lasting impression, and it’s not a good one.
It’s a reminder to everyone that our actions do matter.
My parents always taught me to treat everyone with kindness.
That’s a message I hope to pass down to my own kids one day.
But for now, I’ll stick with writing about how vital it is to just open up, because if adults can share, sometimes it makes it easier for kids, too.
