All About Bullying

Shauna joined us earlier this month to say hello to the girls and also to cover the topic of bullying for us. She did an amazing job. Shauna has a magical way with the girls and many of past members of Tween club were thrilled to see her.

The activity focused on a paper cut out girl. In each session, she was named and put up on the wall. Before we knew it, Shauna was targetting our cut out friend. She was leading the girls into a circle of bullying behaviour before they even realized it. The girls even physically lashed out at the cut out and in some cases projected bullying that had happened to them or they had seen in the past.

Shauna then turn the tables and showed the girls how easy it was to follow along. Join the gang and ignite bullying behaviour. Although it was good for the girls to get some of the angst out, they also realized how quickly a group can take on the wrong personality.

When the girls realized what had happened the discussions began. How do we stop and stand up for other? How do you diffuse a bully? How does it feel to do the right thing? They then as a group repaired the cut out. At one point, I even saw one of the younger girls holding the cut out 'Allison's' hand.