... and “How to handle Bullying”
Illustrated by Majosah
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Ophelia: AHHHH!
What’s bullying mean?
Bullying is the action of someone trying to hurt you on purpose.
I think I am being bullied Billi, but also, I think sometimes I can be the bully. The other day I laughed at my friend when she didn’t know the answer in the classroom.
How do I know if I am being a bully or I am being bullied?
If somebody is making fun of you, making you feel sad or bad about yourself, you are being bullied. It can be a child like you or a grown up.
If you are making fun of somebody on purpose, then you are the bully.
We can all be bullies or bullied at some point in our lives, even grown-ups.
What is foggy?
Well Ophelia, do you know when you take a bath or shower and the mirror in your bathroom gets covered with the steam from your bath? And when you want to see yourself in the mirror you wipe it with your hand!
Ah yes!!! It happens in my bathroom when I take long baths.
Ok Ophelia, now that you know how to imagine a mirror in your brain, I’d like you to imagine a foggy mirror and when you try to see yourself, you can’t.
Ok Billi, I am imagining my foggy mirror in my brain.
Fantastic Ophelia, you are very smart!!
So now that you can imagine your foggy mirror, this is what happens when you are being bullied or you’re bullying someone. Your beautiful mirror in your brain becomes foggy because it makes you feel sad and bad about yourself.
We are all different, that’s what makes us special and unique!
Unique?
Yes, unique means there is nobody else like you or me and that’s what makes us special.
I am very special, because I am unique and nobody else is like me.
And what will you do if you feel like bullying somebody and your magic mirror starts to get foggy?
I will LOOK in my magic mirror. I will OBSERVE, VERBALIZE and EXPLORE my feelings before I act, and I will think of one thing I like about that person.
Fantastic Ophelia, you are very smart!! Now, I want you to take a deep, deep breath and think of your magic mirror nice and clear and happy!!