Good morning! My mom and I were talking about different types of bullying today. Bullying comes in many forms. Sometimes you may not realize you are being bullied. Its not just about being called names or someone pushing you into a locker. A very scary situation happened with my family recently.
As you may or may not know, title holders have FB pages (not an account but a blog type page). If you are under 16 years old it most likely is off one of your parents FB accounts. Thankfully mine is under my moms account.
A man decided to send very inappropriate photos in a message to me. I even had an auto reply that said
"Hello! Thank you for following my page! Please note that I am only 9 years old. Any and all messages are monitored by and should be directed at my parents. Thank you 😊"
BUT.......that didn't seem to matter to him. My parents immediately reported this to the police and to facebook. I never saw the photos or messages. God was looking out for me as well as my parents. I could see how upset my mom and dad were. I now understand why my parents said I couldn't have my own Facebook account. And they had me delete my snapchat because my mom says there's no security to protect me from people like that.
What I experienced (although it did not affect me directly because I never saw it) was a form of bullying because just knowing about it made me so scared and sad.
If something happens to you.....I want you to know it is not okay and you don't have to go through it alone.
So please if your a young girl (or boy) that goes through a situation like this please.....
1) Tell your parents or your pastor or a trusted adult.
2) Do not be ashamed. You did nothing wrong.
3) Even if you don't like the rules your parents have about social media.....please listen to them. They are protecting you. I am so thankful my parents protected me.....especially after this happened.
4) Have your parents report it to Facebook and to the police immediately. We can't stop these things from happening to other kids if we don't report it.
Thank you for taking time to read this and know that I'm so happy you did. If you need to talk or share a story please contact me.
With Love and lots of Hugs (and Hope 😉)
💕 Brooklynn Hope 🎀
As you may or may not know, title holders have FB pages (not an account but a blog type page). If you are under 16 years old it most likely is off one of your parents FB accounts. Thankfully mine is under my moms account.
A man decided to send very inappropriate photos in a message to me. I even had an auto reply that said
"Hello! Thank you for following my page! Please note that I am only 9 years old. Any and all messages are monitored by and should be directed at my parents. Thank you 😊"
BUT.......that didn't seem to matter to him. My parents immediately reported this to the police and to facebook. I never saw the photos or messages. God was looking out for me as well as my parents. I could see how upset my mom and dad were. I now understand why my parents said I couldn't have my own Facebook account. And they had me delete my snapchat because my mom says there's no security to protect me from people like that.
What I experienced (although it did not affect me directly because I never saw it) was a form of bullying because just knowing about it made me so scared and sad.
If something happens to you.....I want you to know it is not okay and you don't have to go through it alone.
So please if your a young girl (or boy) that goes through a situation like this please.....
1) Tell your parents or your pastor or a trusted adult.
2) Do not be ashamed. You did nothing wrong.
3) Even if you don't like the rules your parents have about social media.....please listen to them. They are protecting you. I am so thankful my parents protected me.....especially after this happened.
4) Have your parents report it to Facebook and to the police immediately. We can't stop these things from happening to other kids if we don't report it.
Thank you for taking time to read this and know that I'm so happy you did. If you need to talk or share a story please contact me.
With Love and lots of Hugs (and Hope 😉)
💕 Brooklynn Hope 🎀
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