The Bayard Taylor Memorial Library, the Brandywine Valley Girl Scout service unit and the community group Consecha ("Harvest") are together sponsoring a showing of "Bullied," a documentary about a gay teenager who fights back against his tormenters. Dr. Loren Pearson, a psychologist with the Kennett Consolidated School District, will lead a discussion after the movie. The film is appropriate for sixth-graders and up. The movie will be shown at the library, 216 E. State St., Kennett, at 5:30 p.m. March 10. There is no admission charge, but please register with library director Donna Murray at dmurray@ccls.org or call 610-444-2702.
Loren told me that the bullying that today's kids face is not just the harassment you may remember from your school days: nowdays they have to contend with pervasive cyberbullying by e-mail, Facebook, MySpace and text messages. And, as we know from recent tragic headlines, the consequences can be deadly.
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