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Pink Shirt Day became a week at The Frog

2/22/2011

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This week is going to be a great one at The Frog! Wednesday, February 23/11 is Pink Shirt Day.  Pink Shirt Day for Anti- Bullying began in February 2008.  As a staff,  we have decided this is a great opportunity for us to open up the dialogue with the children at the daycare and spend the week discussing what bullying means, what we can do to stop it & how we can make others feel good through our words and actions.

Although I was vaguely familiar with Pink Shirt Day last February, it wasn’t until a friend sent me the link to the website that I really looked into it more closely.  What sent me to the website was her half-joking comment at the end "these boys must have had really good preschool teachers! "

Here’s a bit from the Globe & Mail article about these boys she was referring to (from the Pink Shirt Day website http://www.pinkshirtday.ca/) :

“David Shepherd, Travis Price and their teenage friends organized a high-school protest to wear pink in sympathy with a Grade 9 boy who was being bullied…[They] took a stand against bullying when they protested against the harassment of a new Grade 9 student by distributing pink T-shirts to all the boys in their school.
‘I learned that two people can come up with an idea, run with it, and it can do wonders,’ says Mr. Price, 17, who organized the pink protest. ‘Finally, someone stood up for a weaker kid.’
So Mr. Shepherd and some other headed off to a discount store and bought 50 pink tank tops. They sent out message to schoolmates that night, and the next morning they hauled the shirts to school in a plastic bag.
As they stood in the foyer handing out the shirts, the bullied boy walked in. His face spoke volumes. ‘It looked like a huge weight was lifted off his shoulders,’ Mr. Price recalled.  The bullies were never heard from again.”

As I look around at these amazing children we spend our days with, and listen to them interact with each other, I can see the basis of her comment… This is the time for ideas like Anti-Bullying to take root! These children readily absorb what they are taught and integrate it into their lives. As their parents and their teachers we are collectively sending these messages to the children all the time: be kind, take care of each other, your voice is important, if something is bothering you use your words and tell someone so we can help you… the list goes on.   We are all excited to spend the week focussing on the strength of these messages and how, even as young children, they can be empowered to prevent bullying from starting.

If you are interested in more information about Pink Shirt Day, check out their website at: http://www.pinkshirtday.ca/  and, as the website states, “on February 23, 2011 we encourage all of you to wear something pink to symbolize that we as a society will not tolerate bullying anywhere.”
thanks,
lisa

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3/10/2011 09:00:20 am

I think all schools should have a pink shirt day. Love the idea, might use it in my home daycare!
Angela
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3/11/2011 03:02:44 am

Thanks Angela-
I would love to hear how it went and any activity ideas you might like to share around this theme. Our children really impressed me! This is certainly something we will do annually.

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