Spray Can
Huffing! I want to talk to you parents and kids about something very serious. We recently heard about a girl in our town, who had a fatal car accident at about four in the afternoon. Her car ran into a tree and she died. She was only seventeen years old.
When the police came to the scene of the accident, they found her slumped body in the car and many cans of compressed air spray, in the car. They were the kind that are used to blow the dust off of computer keyboards.
Later, her parents found out that she was doing something called huffing when she was driving and that is why she crashed into the tree. Her parents later admitted that she had been cyber-bullied and they worried that she might have been depressed.
There are so many kids who breathe in these chemical vapors in order to get high and it is so very dangerous because it causes brain damage or death-even the first time! Sometimes kids do this because they are being bullied into doing it. Sometimes they do it to feel better about themselves because they have low self esteem.
Please, if you know anyone who is or might be huffing, get them help!!! Please!
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No Bully Zones House
Guess what parents and kids? Now you can read or download and print The Rugby Jones No Bully Zones manual and it is free of charge.
This is such an important subject and our manual gives you a ton of information that bullied kids, bullies and parents need to know and explains what everyone needs to do so that the terrible bullying statistics start to go down instead of up.
I’m going to give you the key to stopping bullies right here and now. Here it is:
THE KEY:
The key to reducing the number of bullies is to deal with them by coming in through the front door, the windows and the back door…all at the same time. Why? If any exit is not protected, the bullying will continue and any child, even your child, could be one of the casualties. This is real. This is a danger. No child is safe without your help.
For this to make sense to you, please read our manual.
Each one of us has to do our part to stop the bullying. Please parents and kids…everyone…join The Rugby Jones No Bully Zones Team. We can stop this if we all work together. School starts in a little over a month. Please read our manual for your kids and for all kids!
A Swimmer
Guess what? My human brother’s godfather did something so way cool! Talk about working hard to achieve something…we are all so proud of him.
He will turn sixty in February of 2011 and he always said he would swim the English Channel before he turned sixty. Guess what? He just did it be cause he believed in himself! The English Channel is about twenty one miles wide at its shortest distance.
To do this amazing swim, everyone must follow strict rules:
Swimmers can only wear one bathing suit, one uninsulated cap, goggles, ear plugs,and grease or sunblock. There is a boat that goes along with the swimmers but they aren’t allowed to touch it. They get special liquid food along the way which is on ropes in bottles and protein bars.
It’s so difficult and often the swimmers get cramps. I’m not sure that even I could do that even before I needed Zoomie.
When it gets dark they wear those little green light sticks in their goggles. They can have ibuprofen for the pain. Usually, it takes more than twelve hours. Can you believe that a fifty nine year old man can swim for more than twelve hours non stop?
This is just one more lesson in what I always say. If you believe it, you can achieve it! Yippee for Alex!!! You made us so proud to know you!!!
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Are we there yet
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Guess what? We just received an email that made us so happy! Our book is really showing parents and kids how to change their lives from being defenseless and powerless into lives that are built on inner strength, confidence and the ability to overcome!
The mother of a boy named Eric told us that after she read The “Tail” of Rugby Jones everything changed for the better. She admitted that she had unknowingly contributed to the bullying her son was experiencing by giving him the message that he was a victim! She said that the last chapter of our book gave her the answer that she had been looking for.
She used my experiences and attitude as an example to her son and that helped him see that being different can be great. She said that after they read the book together, he seemed happier. Then she told us that right before summer break, she got a call from Eric’s teacher. Eric’s teacher told her that something had changed with Eric. He seemed so happy and guess what else? She said that the bullying had stopped. Yippee!!
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