Here is another wonderful story that I would like to share with you from The Foundation For a Better Life and PassItOn.com. I have often written about the deleterious effects bullying has on children. This story is about 5 boys who are in the 5th grade and who stepped in to stop a fellow classmate from being bullied.
The boys are Gus, Tyler, Landon, Jake, and Jack. They observed that their classmate James was being bullied because of his special needs. He often sat by himself at lunch and stopped going to recess because he wanted to avoid any interaction with the schoolyard bullies. These 5 boys became determined to help James because they knew bullying was wrong and that James needed friends.
The boys started playing with James and eating lunch with him. Soon, they became his best friends. They even raised money to buy a PlayStation and some games for James.
This is a touching story that parents should share with their children. It shows that intervening when someone is being bullied is one strategy to deal with bullies.
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