I’m not wearing purple today.\u00a0 No, not because I don’t care about ending bullying.\u00a0 I care.\u00a0 I just didn’t have anything purple clean.<\/p>\n
So, here’s the deal.\u00a0 My way of\u00a0helping to end\u00a0bullying is to call kids on it when I see them doing it, offering kids a safe place in my house that’s a no-bully zone, and<\/em> if someone who has been bullying behaves him or her self, why there’s a place at my kitchen counter for cookies and help with homework for them, too.<\/p>\n Not hyperbole.\u00a0 I’ve stopped kids from bullying (throwing rocks, actually), offered a safe place for kids who felt unsafe on the street, helped with homework, fed kids snacks and meals, and a former bully (the rock thrower) is a regular guest at my table with the understanding that he has to at least be non-destructive to the people around him to keep the privilege.<\/p>\n Purple is cool.\u00a0 But that’s the first <\/em>step.<\/p>\n Think about what you<\/em> can do for Step Two, then go do that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m not wearing purple today.\u00a0 No, not because I don’t care about ending bullying.\u00a0 I care.\u00a0 I just didn’t have anything purple clean. So, here’s the deal.\u00a0 My way of\u00a0helping to end\u00a0bullying is to call kids on it when I see them doing it, offering kids a safe place in my house that’s a no-bully … <\/p>\n