Celebrate Bullying Prevention Month

Hello, everyone!

October is a special month! As well as it is the month of Blogtober, Club Penguin’s Anniversary and Halloween, it is also the month of raising awareness for bullying.

Bullying is unwanted, deliberate and aggressive behaviour that is persistently directed at someone. It is important that it is recognised and stopped immediately whenever we see, wherever it happens. Luckily, Bullying Prevention Month is here to bring change.

In this post, I am going to highlight what Club Penguin is doing to help stop bullying and even give my own advice on how to handle bullying.

Be Heard!

Make sure you log onto Club Penguin Island this month so that you can receive a special Bullying Prevention emoji pack. It contains three emojis: an orange heart, a megaphone, and a pair of orange penguins. Whenever you are on Club Penguin Island, you can use these emojis to remind penguins of what to do when they feel bullied. They are also there to promote friendship and kindness, which is an important thing to celebrate this month.

In my opinion, it is vital that you tell someone if you feel you are being bullied. Telling your parents/carers, your teacher or an adult you trust will bring a second voice to the situation. They will be responsible enough to advise you on what to do if you feel bullied.

Firstly, if you are not sure you are being bullied, you should let one of the persons above know some examples of what has been making you feel degraded. Bullying can be verbal, physical, mental and cyber so lots of people are vulnerable to it today. In some cases, it may turn out that the bullying is not deliberate, therefore you should speak to the people who make you feel uncomfortable and let them know you don’t like what they do. Likely, they are your friends, so they should care about what you think and stop right away.

Secondly, however, it is best to let an adult sort out serious bullying done by someone you are not friends with. If it is done at school, you should tell your parent/carer or teacher and they should respond quickly. If you feel threatened to not tell anyone, you should at least let your parent/carer know and they should contact the police or confidentially discuss the matter with the headmaster/principal of the school. Either that or you could contact the police yourself and let them know that you feel threatened. It is very important that you don’t suffer in silence; there is always someone to help you.