Column: Bullies strike because they are in conflict

The first lesson of Girls On The Run last week was about bullying.

In case you don’t know what bullying is already, it is when someone uses superior strength or influence to intimidate someone else. Why does this happen, you may wonder? Bullying typically occurs when someone is having mixed emotions and he or she feels the need to take it out on others.

So, they do, and it’s usually in a violent way.

We, the people of the United States of America, should not bully other citizens of the United States of America. Do you know why? A bully typically doesn’t realize how much his or her actions hurt the person being bullying.

Bullies also don’t realize that often their actions will come back to haunt them.

We, the blessed people of the United States, should not bully anyone. There are many people I know and when I think of them, it would be very sad to think of them being bullied.

The second lesson was about bystanders, “stand-byers,” and friends. A bystander is someone who sees someone doing something wrong and does nothing. A stand-byer is someone who sees someone doing something wrong and tells the appropriate person. The appropriate person is someone who will help to stop the bullying. A friend is someone who will be a stand-byer as well as someone who will help the person who has been bullied to recover.

A friend would also help the bully to be a better person if possible.

I know I did not talk a lot about the all of the athletic things we did last week, but this was a very important topic. Speaking of athletic things, please come to Reindeer Romp 5K race on Dec. 5 and see us in action.

This story was originally published November 6, 2015 at 2:19 PM with the headline "Column: Bullies strike because they are in conflict."