I won’t put up with it anymore, I will do my part, will you?
I really enjoy the Jimmy Kimmel Mean Tweet’s segments on his show. I personally have never sent anyone a mean tweet and find it kind of ridiculous the tweets these famous people receive from the public. I guess I just don’t understand the need to say hurtful or just mean and rude things to people in general. There just seems to be no point but it happens a lot and I was impressed with a video made by the Canadian Safe School Network and the John St. advertising agency. They created this video modeled after Jimmy Kimmel’s but instead of celebrities and famous people they used real teens reading tweets they’ve received.
What a truly powerful video and an important message. We live in an age of cyber bullying there is no stopping it now and we have to accept that it exists and take a stand against it and I think this video does just that. The reason that the clips of celebrities reading tweets is funny is because they are adults and have the the confidence and are more capable of just ignoring and avoiding the cruel things said about them.
“We wanted to use the ‘Mean Tweets’ model because in a way, those videos give the message that cyber bullying is ok – even funny,” said Stu Auty, President of the Canadian Safe School Network. “But adult celebrities have the maturity and confidence to overcome these hurtful words. Children don’t. For regular kids, words can cut like a knife. Cyber-bullying is an epidemic that invades their lives and leaves many feeling like there’s no way out.”
That is a huge difference is someone says something about a celebrity online the truth is they never will probably ever see that person and they can put it out of their minds. These teens and the millions out there like them are not being bullied only by anonymous strangers these are their peers, kids they are forced to go to school with. That is what is scary. That poor girl at the end probably feels like no one does like her and is being told to kill herself and sadly many teen then do kill themselves.
Us as adults and parents need to do all we can to monitor online bullying and be as aware as possible of what is going on with our kids on the internet. It’s a matter of life and death in many cases so it needs to be addressed. So do your beat as a parent or someone who has nieces or nephews or other kids that your close to and stay aware of what’s going on. I’m always going to try to stay as aware of what is going on in my kids lives to prevent them being bullied in this matter. We need to take a stand and keep raising awareness. How many more kids have to suffer and die? Find out more information about what you can do to deal with cyber bullying at Kidsinthehouse.
It’s not just kids and teens that deal with cyber bullying. It happens everyday on social media and on blogs. That’s why I have a zero tolerance policy for bullying of any type on my site or any social channels. I will delete any comments or negativity right away. Unless criticism is helpful and done politely it has no place being a part of my brand. I’m an adult and I can take it but I shouldn’t have to and I won’t. Have you had to deal with bullying online before?
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