Some of you may have heard of the documentary coming out called, "Bully." In this day and age when children, kids, kill themselves because of the meaness of others, it's a pretty important movie in my book. I did not realize how many kids are the target of the meaness of others. I had a few moments in my earlier years that I will never forget and a couple that I have put completely out of my memory, but my sister has not forgotten. We all go thru it, but now a days with everything so viral, bullies can make these kids lives miserable with just a click of a send button. I have heard so many discussions about bullies and what to do for the kids, some say it makes them stronger, apparently not, others say it will make them more compassionate, just like the two from Columbine? Hmmm, I think when a child is teased, gosh even an adult, words can do a lot more serious damage than sometimes fists, But that then leads me to the question, if kids see their adults flipping people off, cussing out drivers, complete road rage or yelling at team players on their team who maybe dropped the ball, where are they learning some of it? It's a tough call, but I will tell you I have never forgotten the days where a few of my friends and I would try to make this one girl, Noreen cry. We'd see how long it would take. Why? I haven't a clue. Did it make me feel better about myself? No way. 30 years later and I still remember her name, her face as she ran out of the room. So I gave some a harder time and had others give me a hard time, either way, it never felt good. So maybe we should all see this movie, maybe it will help us to understand what these kids are going thru and what we can do to make them feel better about themselves. This week, the film's producers announced it would release the documentary about peer-to-peer bullying in America's schools without a rating after the Motion Picture Association of America refused to downgrade its R rating.  Theater chains tend to shy away from screening unrated films, treating them as they would a film that was slapped with the MPAA's more restrictive NC-17 rating.  But AMC has decided to rise above the fray and screen the movie for the young demographic that "Bully" targets, as long as minors have permission from a parent or adult guardian.  "Bully" opens in theaters this Friday.
AMC is even offering permission slips for completion on its website. I'm getting my permission slip signed, are you?!!!