I’ll never forget his response. It’s one I’ve heard used by educators, parents, and adults everywhere when they talk about bullying. Dismissively, he said, “If you ignore them, they’ll stop.”
If you ignore them, they won’t stop.
Tag Archives: cutting
Slammed by the YA Book: My Journey into Self-Injury
Growing up half a block from the local library is every kid’s dream come true. Well, if that kid was an avid reader like me. A few times a week—almost every day in the summer—I went to the library and paged through books by Aliki, Eric Carle, Beatrix Potter, and the rest of the authorsContinue reading “Slammed by the YA Book: My Journey into Self-Injury”
Cutting//Emo//Hope//God
This is actually a post I’m pulling over from my now defunct personal blog. It’s a couple of years old, but the message is still as true as the day I wrote it. I was perusing the Internet to see what hip new resources are out there for “kids” who cut. There were a lotContinue reading “Cutting//Emo//Hope//God”
One Thing I Can’t Say in Church
What is one thing you feel you can’t say in church? When I first considered this questions posed by Anne Jackson (read BSW’s interview with Jackson) in her book, Permission to Speak Freely (read review), a dozen answers popped into my mind. As I paged through the book, I encountered brilliant confessions—ones I wished IContinue reading “One Thing I Can’t Say in Church”
Take 10 with To Save A Life’s Randy Wayne
Randy Wayne is definitely crush material. So don’t be surprised when the teen girls in your life gush about this personable actor after seeing To Save A Life, which releases in theaters nationwide on Jan. 22. Randy plays Jake Taylor, a popular basketball player with a cheerleader girlfriend, you know, the typical kid that allContinue reading “Take 10 with To Save A Life’s Randy Wayne”
To Save A Life–the Movie & the Sonic Kitty
On Thursday evening, I attended a pre-screening of TO SAVE A LIFE, a film that delves into the lives of teenagers in crisis (suicide, pregnancy, divorce, cutting, bullying). For now, all I will say about the film (which releases in January 2010) is:: it’s pretty good, has the potential to get teens (and adults) talkingContinue reading “To Save A Life–the Movie & the Sonic Kitty”
Take 5 with Lanae’ Hale
If Dolores from the Cranberries and Leigh Nash of Sixpence None the Richer ever merged into one person, that person would be Lanae’ Hale. Born into a musical family, Lanae’ originally pursued a career in nursing before following God’s call to Nashville to share her love of God through music. Not only did Lanae’ meetContinue reading “Take 5 with Lanae’ Hale”
Post on Cutting :: Secret Under the Sleeve
I haven’t written about one of the topics close to my heart in a while–cutting and self-injury. Truth be told, it’s not a particularly easy topic for me to cover. There’s always that lion of temptation that haunts me even now, so I do have to be careful how much time I devote to writingContinue reading “Post on Cutting :: Secret Under the Sleeve”
Cutting//Emo//Hope//God
I was perusing the Internet to see what hip new resources are out there for “kids” who cut. There were a lot of superficial one-pagers on health sites offering “advice” for questions that kids who cut ask like, how do I stop cutting? Why do I cut? Where do I get help? and so on.Continue reading “Cutting//Emo//Hope//God”
When Cutting Comes to Church
By Amy Sondova, M.A. When Cutting Comes to Church: A Guide for Youth Workers is a manual for youth workers who are working with students who self injure. Because cutting still remains largely a female problem, this manual addresses it as such. To get receive a PDF copy of this manual, When Cutting Comes Home:Continue reading “When Cutting Comes to Church”
She is Beloved 