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Do you recognise these people?

Tom Cruise

Tiger Woods

Sandra Bullock

Robert Pattinson

Prince Harry

Miley Cyrus

Michael Phelps

Christina Aguilera

Pierce Brosnan

Bill Clinton

Besides being famous, what do they all have

in common?

They were all BULLIED when they were teenagers

What is BULLYING?

throwing objects

threatening

locking in or out of a spacestealing

damaging possessionsspitting

kicking

pinching

pushing

beating

…

Bullying happens when someone REPEATEDLY HURTS or SCARES another person ON PURPOSE and the person being bullied has a hard time defending himself or herself.

Bullying can affect

any of us

Racial

Indirect

Emotional

Direct

Sexual

…Cyber Cyber bullying

Cyber bullying

Using someone else's user name to SPREAD RUMORS or LIES about someone

Sending MEAN TEXT, EMAIL, or instant MESSAGES

Posting NASTY PICTURES or MESSAGES about others in BLOGS or on WEB SITES

Bullying

can have

severe

consequences

Kelly Yeomans was 13 years old when she died, on September 29, 1997.  Until that day, Kelly lived in the working-class Allenton neighborhood of Derby, 130 miles northwest of London, England.

  For three years Kelly suffered ridicule and torment from classmates who threw salt in her school lunch and threw her clothes into the garbage. 

If that weren't enough, one night about a week before she had all she could take, the bullies gathered outside her parents home and threw stones at the house. Then to add insult to injury they slammed the house with eggs and butter, calling her names such as fatty and smelly.

Kelly was described as "a bubbly, charming little angel who would do anything for anybody", a "chubby, sweet-faced 13-year old".

Kelly’s story

She was regularly teased about her weight and always left her gym class after everyone else in an attempt to avoid being seen by her classmates in her gym clothes.

For several consecutive nights, neighbors noted a gang of about 15 young people attacking Kelly's house throwing food through the windows and shouting words of abuse.

Finally, Kelly told her parents that she had stood all she could and planned to take an overdose and end it all. 

Although they knew she was very depressed, they didn't think she would really do it.     As her parents slept on September 29, 1997, Kelly followed through as promised.  Her tormentors had won, she took a fatal dose of painkillers and her suicide-attempt was a success, and her bullies had succeeded as well.

Abridged and adapted fromhttp://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/chanel/45/kelly.html

low self-esteem

sleep difficulties

sadness

fear

nightmares

stress

anxiety

headachesstomach aches

tension

panic

isolation

despair

poor school attendance school failure

lack of concentration

depression

suicide / bullycide

self mutilation

How can I help?What can I do?

Encourage a positive attitude …

Respect …

Listen …

Accept …

Share …

Communicate …

Love …

Have compassion …

Be the hero, stop the nonsense!

Stop BULLYING! - It’s in your hands

All different,

All equal!

Presentation conceived by Susana Ferrinho

July 2010

If you WANT, you can make a DIFFERENCE!