Season 5 Episode #8 Kem Frasier is Using Kindness to Eliminate Bullying!

Send us a text C4 Leaders – the ONLY nonprofit to utilize the pizza making process to create space for our companions to be seen, heard, and loved.   We also write children’s books, host this podcast, and use the most amazing handmade, hand-tossed, sourdough pizza to bring out the best in each other.   Please check out PIZZADAYS.ORG to support our important work.  Season 5 Episode #8 Kem Frasier is coming from Summerville, South Carolina (inform, inspire, & transform) You can find Kim via her website chandlerthehandlermovie.com or email her at kemfrasier@yahoo.com. About our guest: Kem Frasier is the author of Chandler the Handler - You Can"t Bully Me! Kem grew up in the South Bronx and unfortunately, can relate to the helpless feeling of being bullied.  Kem worked as a teacher for 18 years and recently decided to make anti-bullying her life’s work.  Presently Kem spends her days in creative writing and as licensed professional counselor working in private practice. Kem, thanks for having the courage to share your story and to be willing to take action towards making our world a KINDER world.   Welcome to the show! TOTD – The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: To return love for hate To include the excluded To say, “I was wrong.”                                                                                                                               Sydney J. Harris In this episode: What was life like growing up? What are your life’s essential ingredients? Resilience – Courage – Leadership – let’s define them Congrats on your creative ability and on the publication of your book – Chandler the Handler…  You are a storyteller….and are filming a story in the South Bronx next month… tell the listeners about it…where did you receive the funding… The challenge of a lack of leadership from the top down… who do our children turn to who are role models… Hurt people hurt people… Why now…you are still a young woman but you have also lived a little…what was the turning point in your life that made you say TODAY IS THE DAY!!! Define Bullying – Types, Numbers, Solutions…STOPBULLYING.GOV An imbalance of power plus repetition.  Types (verbal, social, physical 35 % of parents are worried about their child getting bullied at school, 53% of US teens say online harassment and bullying are a major problem, nearly half of all US teens have been cyberbullied, 19.2 % (6th-12th grade) report being bullied Signs and Symptoms of a child getting bullied as well as the child bullying others? Effects of being bullied and being the bully? Depression, Anxiety, Health Complaints, Decreased GPA.   Bully – high risk behaviors – alcohol, fighting, early sexual activity, abusive relationships as adults… BYSTANDER – not just a bystander – increased tobacco use, alcohol, mental health issues, and increased absence in school ACEs and the long term impact of STRESS What can schools do? Parents do? Creating a Culture of Kindness… Values that define you… Life Skills that are part of your PROACTIVE Program… Last book or books you recommend? Legacy