As this project continues, I notice – and become attuned to the many very sad stories that exist. Children are committing suicide,  bystanders are covering up their feelings – people using bully actions are posturing so they don’t have to be hurt by the idea they’ve hurt someone else!

The Bully Outreach Project comes from a perspective of self evaluation and personal responsibility. we must all be aware of our own emotions and our own responses. We must be able to evaluate what is working for us. Parents and teachers have to be able to evaluate both their own behaviors, and student behaviors. We must be able to both seek out – and ignore the messages we hear in the media.

As I search and read, and understand – I become more and more aware that we don’t even know how to define a bully action – or how to decide if someone is a bully. Or a victim. Or a victim who has been a bully.

The No Such Thing as a Bully Program contains a new definition for bullying.  Bullying = A bully actor perspective +action +victim responder perspective. If we can change any one of these dynamics – we change the whole cycle.

Please join us! And watch as the website  The Bully Outreach Project tells the story.