I am so proud of Nikita who helped her friend when her friend was being...
I should say bullied! Nikita and Shivani are best friends and they are in Year 1.
Shivani never went to the toilet alone and always wanted Nikita to go along with her.
Nikita once mentioned this to me, so I sat her down and asked her to tell me why does this happen! To which she answered that once when Shivani went on her own to the toilet, she forgot to lock the door and 3 girls from Year 3 came and saw Shivani in the toilet.
They laughed on Shivani and Shivani started crying in the toilet.
She then went to the class quietly and did not mention the incident to the teacher but mentioned it to Nikita.
Since that day Shivani always wanted Nikita to go along with her to the toilet.
After the incident, once Shivani and Nikita bumped into those 3 girls and started laughing to which Nikita replied, "don't do this as Shivani does not like it".
Nikita also asked Shivani to do the same if she sees those girls again.
When I heard the incident, I was proud of Nikita on how she reacted and I decided to speak to Shivani's mum who knew about the incident but was happy that Nikita was helping her daughter and that her daughter is now fine.
But I explained to Shivani's mum that this should not happen at all.
Those girls who laughed at Shivani could do the same to someone else.
I wanted Shivani's mum to mention the incident to the class teacher.
Shivani's mum agreed to and wanted me to come along.
The class teacher was shocked by the incident and spoke to the head too.
The girls were called and being warned which helped because since then they have not laughed at Shivani, even though they bumped into each other twice.
What does the above incident tell us? We should raise our voices against bullying.
Why should we suffer in silence? Why should we let children suffer in silence? Why? If we see that someone is being bullied or even if we hear that someone is being bullied (as in the above case), we should raise our voices, try and help, do whatever is in our reach to stop the bully bullying others.
Sometimes these innocent children don't even know or understand that they are being bullied.
But as parents we should be able to build a relationship with our children where they should be able to tell us everything that happens with them or their close friends as friends do play an important role in our children's lives and of course our lives too! Bullying if not stopped in its initial stage can be harmful to the child who is being bullied and of course to the bully to as he/she will carry on with what they are doing as there is no one to stop them.
It's anti-bullying week friends.
Let us all join our hands and raise our voices against bullying.
Let us help the children, parents, friends, carers, teachers and schools to tackle bullying.
Let us reach out to those people who might with a few warm words may open up to us and we might be able to find a solution for them.
I can remember a few words from my childhood, and would like to share it with everyone: I am me and you are you I like green you like blue, I use tape you use glue I stayed short and you grew It doesn't matter what we do 'cause I am still me and you are still you I say baaaaah you say moo I eat soup you eat stew I say aaaaaah, you say choooo, It doesn't matter what we do 'cause I am still me and you are still you I say yeh you say boo I like to dream you like it too I am still me and you are still you You like the sand I like the sea And here is why You can build a castle and I can sail my boat And we can meet each other in the sky..
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Thank you