By Jack Day When 10-year-old Jeremie Bordua of Lansing, Michigan thought about what he wanted to be when he grew up, the answer was always a police officer. So with the recent national attention cops have been receiving over certain cases, the profession began to look dicey in the young boy’s eyes. When his mom…
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These Fifth Graders Made a Pact On the Playground to Take Action Against Bullying
By Anne Cacherell When you have brothers who got your back through good and bad, be happy, because deep inside you know that you will never be alone. Special needs child James Willmert has always been a target for bullies because of his condition and learning disability. Having witnessed James being taken advantage of and…
Check Out This Athlete’s Inspiring Message to a Kid Who’s Being Bullied For Stuttering
By Anne Cacherell Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods, 14-time major winner and record-breaker, sends a touching letter of encouragement to a boy named Dillon, who’s being bullied for stuttering. The story came to the public’s attention after LGPA player Sophie Gustafson, who is struggling with the same speech condition, shared the boy’s suffering to Golf Digest…
A Man Asks Random People to Translate a Hurtful Facebook Message & Humanity Takes a Stand Against Cyber Bullies
By Jack Day Words can hurt. We’re taught this as children, but it seems as social media has taken over our means of communication we’ve forgotten what it means to treat others with respect. In this video an English-speaking man living in Lithuania asks locals to translate a comment left on his Facebook page. Without…
Find Out How This Young Cancer Survivor Used His Maturity Against His Bullies
By Anne Cacherell 10-year old cancer survivor, Dominic Zaffino of Philadelphia has been harassed at school by bullies who make fun of his height. His schoolmates didn’t know that he battled 3 torturous years of chemotherapy in order to survive cancer. Although the treatment was a success, the result had some side effects like stunted…
These Two Boys Put Their Courage On Display & the Results Are Moving
By Jack Day Courage. It is not always a readily accessible function of being human. It takes a lot to muster it and for some it never comes. Dictionary.com defines it this way: “the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.” It’s actually a…