Concerned parents, educators and community
members are invited to come together
tomorrow night to learn about bullying.
The Oshawa Community Health Centre is
hosting Sticks and Stones May Break My
Bones, a free parent-focused presentation, at
G.L. Roberts CVI in Oshawa on May 15 from
7:15 to 8:30 p.m.
The program, co-created by local TV personalit
Garth Riley, offers parents strategies
to help children rise above the effects of verbal
bullying, cyber-bullying and low self-esteem.
Riley and co-founders Jennifer Adamson and
Janet Donovan launched the program in 2006.
A similar event they held in Ajax last
November attracted 200 attendees.
The in-school Sticks and Stones program
teaches children about the power of words,
how to use them to increase their level of confidence
and become more resilient to bullies.
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