Just thinking about this......

I was watching a thing on TV last night about bullying. It got me to thinking, when did it go from a small push on the playground and kids dusting themselves off and going on with their day to kids saying things on myspace/facebook/twitter and name calling leading to kids hurting themselves?? I don't get it. I was taught "sticks and stones break my bones but words will never hurt me" what happened to that?? I have never been skinny by no means I have been called everything from fat to whale. Sure it hurt but I was taught to stand up to that crap. Yeah sure sometimes I believed that they were right that I was ugly. But ya know what when I said "So what. Who cares what they think. I know that I'm a good person. So what if I'm fat. They say that I'm ugly but by saying that to me that makes them uglier." Kids take things people say and what is online WAY to seriously. What gets me is it's not only kids that are doing it too. I know some grown folks do this to one another. I'm not talking 18 or 19 year olds that do it I'm talking GROWN women, 23-30 year old women acting like little kids. It's so damn stupid. Who really gives a shit that some 23 year old kid called you a fat or ugly on her damn twitter page?? Damn this bullying crap is so stupid. How in the hell do we as adults expect kids to stop it when we don't set the example?? We need to realize that words can hurt not just the people we say them to but the others who see others doing it and thinking it is OK. I know that I'm not perfect that I have said somethings to people or about someone that was hurtful. Everyone has done it we are all human. Shit happens. I as a parent I want my kids to tell me if they are being bullied that they don't have to go though that alone. I will teach my kids to stand up for themselves and say "hey I don't care what you say I know who I am and I'm proud to be me!!" My prayer is that this subject will be gone and long forgotten by the time my kids reach the age of teenager. Thanks for listening to my soap box speech. I hope that someone will see this and it will help someone. Love to all!!