This Mum’s Toothpaste Analogy About Bullying is one all Parent’s Need to do With Their Kids
A mum has shared the best analogy about the damage bullying can have on another person.
Last year, Amy Gardner wanted to prepare her daughter for Middle School in the US.
While the mum and daughter had made the necessary purchases of school uniforms, school supplies and decorating her locker, there was one lesson Amy wanted her daughter to learn before she started her new school year.
The mum gave her a daughter a new tube of toothpaste and a plate. She then asked her daughter to squirt all the toothpaste out onto the plate.
When all the toothpaste had been squirted out, Amy asked her daughter to scoop it back into the tube.
Her daughter exclaimed she couldn’t and the toothpaste wouldn’t be the same when back into the tube.
Amy then shared an analogy about bullying that every parent should teach their children.
You will remember this plate of toothpaste for the rest of your life. Your words have the power of life or death. As you go into middle school, you are about to see just how much weight your words carry. You are going to have the opportunity to use your words to hurt, demean, slander and wound others. You are also going to have the opportunity to use your words to heal, encourage, inspire and love others. You will occasionally make the wrong choice; I can think of three times this week I have used my own words carelessly and caused harm. Just like this toothpaste, once the words leave your mouth, you can’t take them back. Use your words carefully, Breonna. When others are misusing their words, guard your words. Make the choice every morning that life-giving words will come out of your mouth. Decide tonight that you are going to be a life-giver in middle school. Be known for your gentleness and compassion. Use your life to give life to a world that so desperately needs it. You will never, ever regret choosing kindness.
