“Bullying often starts when people pick on something about you that’s different.”
“It could be how big you are, the colour of your skin, or how you’re doing at school.”
“But no one’s the same – and that’s why bullying is so stupid.”
That’s from the BBC guide on bullying where they demonstrate that they do understand how to teach young children.
Terrorism is a lot more stupid, but don’t hold your breath waiting for the BBC to teach little kids that.
This is not a suitable site for small children. The BBC folks
know how to teach, but not what to teach, and until they can bring themselves to say that terrorism is stupid, I wouldn’t let my kids waste a lot of time here, unless I wanted kids who understood that bullying is wrong but deliberately flying small children into the side of a building is value neutral.
You teach small children basics, and values, not the ins and outs of international politics, which they can’t possibly comprehend (especially when it’s the watered down pap presented on the BBC site). That’s way over the heads of elementary school kids, but right and wrong isn’t.
The BBC presentation for children on 9/11 and other aspects of terrorism was unacceptable then, and it’s still unacceptable.
