Where in the world are the bullies?

For my family, most of the bullying we have experienced has been in church or Christian social groups. Bullying is the opposite of what Jesus taught and the opposite of how we are called to live as Christians. I’m not bagging on Christians, but I am calling all of us, together, to do better.

Part of my own personal healing from the bullying my family has experienced has been doing a deep dive into the scriptures to see what God says about bullying, and I will say I was surprised by some of what I found. I was curious about the current research about bullying and interestingly enough, it mostly agreed with with scripture. I’ll be sharing what I have found with you over the next few weeks.

Bullying

There seems to be another epidemic in our culture right now, and its effecting so many of our kids, even home educated kids. The first step in changing this is awareness, so we are doing our part in raising awareness bringing your accurate, helpful information.

Bullying can happen anywhere– schools, playgrounds, churches, home school groups, or other social settings, including text messaging, online and in apps. Anywhere you find people, there is a potential for bullying, even among adults. The CDC definition confines bullying to youth in school, but I have heard many stories of people bullied on the job, or other youth or adult social settings. Now that we know, we can find ways to do better.

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