Keep Your Head Up

Always remember this. Keep your head held high and don't let anyone bring you down. Continue to excel in whatever you're doing.You are in control of your own destiny.

Words Hurt

I'm sure we have all heard the saying "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me" but they truth is that words hurt.  People fail to realize that what they say and how they say it can hurt someones feelings. Words begin to hurt someone because they begin to alter the way they view themselves and often times that can lead to their self esteem dropping.  Phrases that that devalue or demean you hurt as well. These phrases let people know they don't care what they do or makes them feel like a fool sometimes. At the end of the day we all need to work on what we say to one another and how we say it because believe it or not words do hurt.

Parent Bullying

The majority of the time when people think about bullying, you mainly think about two people the same age bullying each other in some way or another.  Very seldom is it thought that parents bully their children, but it does happen, more than you know.  However, I am not referring to physical bullying by parents; I am referring to emotional and mental bullying by parents.  Physical bullying is more recognized, but less common; emotional and mental bullying is identified more with parents who bully because they think it doesn’t leave scars. 

Emotional and mental bullying works by using methods of demeaning speech and other techniques that are meant to help the bully feel superior.  A parent, however is not trying to feel superior to their child they are trying to use this as a tactic to motivate their children by being sarcastic.  This tactic can be especially damaging, because it can encourage a child to think ill of himself/herself. Mental scars can emerge that can result in depression, as well as make it difficult for the child to develop and sustain healthy relationships going forward.  Certainly, if a child learns how to treat people from the example of a bullying parent, he or she is likely to develop into a bully as well.

Handling a parent bully can prove to be difficult. Parents do not take kindly to someone interfering with their parenting, so this subject must be approached with caution.  The first thing you should try is to talk to the parent and try to work out the differences. If that is not successful, it is a good idea to talk to some sort of authority at the school, another relative, or a clergy member.  It is important that parent bullying be stopped, especially since it can be damaging to the long term psyche of the child.

-Takoma Peppers, parent of two children

A parent in Prior Lake Minnesota speaks out about his teen daughter who just happens to be African American being bullied buy two white twins via Snapchat. This is a prime example of hpw teens can use social media harass to each other.

They're Simply Haters

Today I went and visited the children's hospital in Greenville Sc and i had the opportunity to meet a little girl name Meredith. Meredith is just eight years and just finished her chemo therapy but told me she was very nervous about returning to school. I asked her why she would be nervous to be around all of her friends again and she because some of them would tease her about not having any hair. So i simply told her this,  I said " Meredith no matter what people tell you are beautiful. They are simply jealous of you and they are nothing but haters. You continue to brighten everyone's day with that million dollar smile of yours and you'll be just fine." She grinned ear to ear after I told her this and said she couldn't wait to start her summer program on Monday.

My Hometown..

As you will see in this video parents too can also bully. What some parents may think is discipline can actually be more to their child and may result in a terrible tragedy like this one.