Today, February 9, is National Stop Bullying Day. Cyberbullying wasn’t even a word before the invention of social media. In fact, my spell check says it’s NOT a word. But with the onset of social networking, we bring along all aspects of human interactions, for better or for worse.
Of course, no one wants a child to feel bullied or experience the kind of pain that goes along with being bullied. Who wants to hear a child say something hurtful to another child? But what about adult pain?
Bulling is so much easier now with the ability to strike from a safe distance with social media. I believe bullying has always been around, but when it can be done with no worry of confrontation, it just encourages cowards to do things they would not have the guts to do in real person. This day is important to bring awareness that bullying has got to stop. It has cost lives as well as hurt people who are vulnerable!