There's Always A Bully

Spring is here!  It’s a great time to make a difference in someone else’s life.  Do something kind for someone, open a door for them, compliment them, stand up for them if they are being bullied. Have a positive influence on others.  You will feel great too!

Dee Dee and Pat continue to reach out and help schools, parents, churches and communities to understand that bullying does exist today and that we all have to be involved in order to stop the spread of bullying.  Contact us to set up an anti-bullying presentation. We also do moving up to middle school presentations for 5th and 6th graders in the spring.

 Check this out you can find our “There’s Always A Bully”  book  and bookmarks now on ebay!

In April Pat visited Tecumsah Elementary School in Farmingville, NY  to do an author visit for the fourth grade students.  She spoke about our book “There’s Always A Bully” from our first idea and outlines to the finished product our self published book and coordinating bookmark. The students were very interested to learn that we went a step further by developing Anti-bullying programs for schools and parents/communities workshops. We felt the need to do more to help children learn to prevent the spread bullying as well as deal with bullies. The students of Tecumsah were very attentive, well mannered and asked  some great questions. 

Plainview/Old Bethpage JFK High School- Pat was a speaker at the High School  for their Mix it up day. She spoke about bullying, diversity and respect.                                                              Here is a review by Georgette Dorfman: I had the pleasure of introducing Ms. Patricia Trutner to the POBJFK students on mix it up day.  Her message on bullying was riveting, and she engaged the students to participate and encouraged them to ask questions.  I was particularly moved by the account of her own sons, who had been bullied at school.  I feel that the students related to her and would recommend her for other speaking engagements.           

Pat did  two Anti-bully presentations (grades 1-3 and grades 4-5) at Jericho Elementary School in Centereach, NY. Working hard to reach as many children as we can to help stop bullying.

What is bullying?  It is an imbalance of power that is a conscious, abusive and willful action to cause fear and harm both mental and physical to someone. Bullying is a very important issue which affects millions of children and if it’s not stopped early it can escalate to bigger problems.  It is much easier to prevent bullying than it is to stop it. Bullying peaks in Middle School. If bullying continues through High School you can continue to bully through your adulthood and become an abusive spouse or abusive to elderly parents, children and even an abusive boss.

Bullying can happen anytime, any place and anywhere.  Many times there are bystanders around. They play a big role . They can help calm a bully situation or add fuel to the fire.  Bystanders should always stand up for the victims.  We must all become involved to make a positive change and help our children to have a secure and successful life.

There’s Always A Bully has made it their mission to empower children to build confidence, self esteem and help teach children the skills to deal with bullies should they encounter them starting at young ages and on up.

 Contact us for preventive, informative, effective Anti Bullying Presentations. We want to help you!    See Authors page for our emails. 

                                                                                                           It is time to become a supportive community and work together to make changes in our society so we stop the spread of bullying. At school ground rules must be set on the first day of school. Bullying will not be tolerated. This must start with Principals, Teachers and Staff. They must set good examples for all students. Children learn by example. Everywhere we need to become more tolerant of each other and shift the power away from the bullies. Bullying can happen anytime, anywhere. Accepting others and kindness should start being taught at home with parents when children are young. They must learn we are all equal and have the right to reach our full potential.  Help others to achieve their success. Through this you will recognize your own greatness.  Older students must become leaders for the younger students at school. Kindness and respect should be expected always!   

A new  year  2013 is starting.  Let’s make this a great year for everyone.  Remember to  be a good friend, be kind and tolerant to others.  Make a difference in someone elses life.  If you see a friend or someone else being bullied  you are a bystander, which is a witness, help the bully victim or tell and adult, coach , instructor.   Bullying can happen in  schools, sports, clubs, classes, bus stops, by lockers, the cafeteria etc.  Being nice is cool, bullying is cruel!     

Dee Dee and Pat will be doing anti-bullying presentations  in school systems etc. They will be helping children to understand the importance of kindness and respecting each other.  There’s Always A Bully books can be purchased now.  Contact us to set up a presentation for your school! 

Thursday April 5th at 1pm EST Dee Dee will being doing Renee Hand’s radio show.  Renee Hand is an award winning Author and Radio Show host.  Here is the location link where you can all listen in: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/storiesfromunknownauthors  

Go to www.youtube.com to watch our  videos- Dee Dee’s interview on bullying by mcandee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTeZIbS7ySo&list=HL1332180257&feature=mh_lolz  and Dee Dee Sutherland Dealing with bullies by mcandee at :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYawH-uaExQ                                   

 Purchase one of our books “There’s always a Bully.”  It has a story you can identify with and proven solutions  that you can use should you encounter bullies .  You can keep going back to it as a reference or lend it to a friend.

Check out this site: stopbullying.gov.

There’s Always A Bully

There’s Always A Bully

Authors: Pat Trutner and Dee Dee Sutherland
Illustrated: by Dee Dee Sutherland

Thanks for visiting- Our intentions of this blog/website is to help parents and children with “bullying situations.”  Our book is intended to give the user a hands on approach.   It also is a great starting point for having bully discussions between parents/teachers and children. 

 We do our presentations to make a difference in the life of children to help them learn that they have the right to stand up for themselves and help others to prevent and deal with bullies.  We are available  for Schools (children), School boards,  Parent/Community Workshops , Training Sessions for Camp Counselors or any organization that feels a need to discover the solutions to these difficult situations.

Retail price for our book is $5.99.

Our book is available through www.mirasmartshop.com or through this website.  Also available as an ebook on Amazon.com .  We can make available wholesale prices to provide a school with 100 or more copies.

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