Taylor Swift has done it again and come up with the perfect song that I, a mother of a young daughter, can share in hopes to help boost her spirits with mean girls in school. I don’t mean mean girls as in totally abusive, need to be punished “mean girls” but rather those who just are mean and choose to make another person feel rotten.
I get the whole bully campaign and keeping our children safe, yes, if they are being physically and emotionally abused in school the issues need to be addressed in the most appropriate manner. Even emotional abuse can hurt badly. You see, an old high school friend’s mom shared something with me on Facebook the other day about teaching kids how being mean can hurt someone,
A teacher in New York was teaching her class about bullying and gave them the following exercise to perform. She had the children take out a piece of paper and told them to crumple it up, stomp on it and really mess it up but do not rip it. Then she had them unfold the paper, smooth it out and look at how scarred and dirty is was. She then told them to tell it they’re sorry. Now, even though they …………………said they were sorry and tried to fix the paper, she pointed out all the scars they left behind. And that those scars will never go away no matter how hard they tried to fix it. That is what happens when a child bully’s another child, they may say they’re sorry, but the scars are there forever. The looks on the faces of the children in the classroom told her the message hit home.
SO in defense to those children {and adults} who have to deal with just mean people, remember to break the cycle … we don’t have to continue on in the cycle of those who raised us to be mean nor do we have to lash out as a means to protect ourselves from loving & caring people. You see “mean girls” are hurting inside too, let’s all help each other love one another and if we don’t like someone just leave it at that, there is no law that says you have to like everyone in the world. Just be respectful!
Enjoy the song…. Hear the lyrics…. breath … because you are worthy of LOVE!
she’s super talented and makes smart choices with her music and life. great message!
I’m glad my mom shared that, made me stop and think about it for awhile…Helps children understand it better too
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Wow….the example/point made with the crumpled piece of paper is excellent and one I plan to share with my children. It really gets the message across clearly. Thanks for sharing that.