MamaP posted something about these 14 year old girls who were making fun of people with Tourette's Syndrome (Aug 15th post titled Tic'd off) and it made me furious. I went to YouTube to try to find it - but to no avail. I was ready to rag on these girls - and I was hoping that somehow their parents can be told of their cruel acts. Maybe not finding the particular video was a good thing because I was planning on embedding it here to "humiliate" them. But if I do that, then I would be going down to their level, and that I don't want to do. Granting that these girls did not intend to be cruel, that they were just having fun, - they need to be taught that "having fun" at the expense of someone else's humiliation is unkind.Since I did not find that particular video, I decided to make a simple post addressed to us parents to remind us to teach our kids kindness and compassion - especially to those with disabilities. If you are doing it already - great. If you have tweens and teenagers, they need reminders every now and then because this age is notorious for making fun of others.
I googled Tourette Syndrome and I have chosen this particular article to share with you. That's where I got the picture above.
2 comments:
Great article. Not many parents also know this syndrome so we just need to spread the word that it is NEVER good to make fun of people.
thats really sad
I went to school with a girl whom had Tourette's Syndrome she was nice and they cant help what their bodies do
hope someone teaches those girls a lesson
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