The Hosts Open Up About Being Bullied in School & Hollywood

This is a great example of how Bullying in the teen years affects later in life.  Taken from the Real Talk Show, the hosts open up about being bullied in school and in high school.

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Blog: The Interview Process

            The interviews that I have decided to take on have been very emotional for me.  This was a surprising fact and I guess I buried some of the feelings involving my daughter’s conflict and loneliness experiencing bullying.  I often thought that I should maybe change this topic, but I feel I must face this particular interview and deal with remembering the experiences of my daughter and the victimization she felt.

            The question that stirred emotion for me was “Do you have any noteworthy stories of resilience that you could share? If so, could explain how that can affect you in your work with families, peers, and society”.  My daughter (the interviewee) response was  The fact that she knew that she had the support of her mom (me), and was able to talk to mom about her struggles with her peers helped her to deal with the isolation and learning to forgive herself and her peers.  The other things that made her resilient to being a victim of bullying were training in Martial Arts.  Tae Kwon Do gave her an outlet and when she and I received our Black belts, it gave her a sense of accomplishment.  Her self-esteem was heightened by this and she is very thankful to her mom for guiding her in that direction and going through it with her.  Needless to say I wanted to cry, but I held it in for the sake of the interview.

            My other interviewee reminded me of the passion I have for the work with young children.  She is committed to contributing as much as she can to the field of Early Childhood through her work with teachers of children with special needs.

            The interview process has been interesting thus far and I believe that I have been reacquainted with the idea and thought of why I do the work I do.  Choosing this topic of bullying in young children was not a coincidence.  I realize that there are some areas in my life that I need to revisit such as forgiving those teachers and parents who bully children, and most important forgiving myself for not looking inside the minds of the children that bullied my daughter and not forgiving them as she has done.  The revelation of forgiveness resonates in this process.