On February 22 students in Edson, and across Canada, were urged to wear pink shirts as part of an anti-bullying campaign called “Pink Shirt Day”.
As parents, we worry about our children being bullied, and schools can be the place where bullying happens most frequently.
Conscious, willful, deliberate, and hostile bullying is a repeated behaviour by one or more people intended to harm others. It can take on many forms, including physical, verbal, emotional, cyber, and peer exclusion.
Even with the added awareness in recent years, every seven minutes someone is bullied on a playground in Canada, according to bullying.org.
Pink Shirt Day is a reminder to parents, teachers, and students of just how critical it