Child bullying contributes significantly to the mental health decline among children today. It affects confidence, identity, academic participation and emotional development.
Many children suffer in silence because they do not have the words to describe what is happening in their lives and in the playgrounds. Playgrounds responds to this reality.
It equips children with language to describe their experiences, their fears and their emotions. It is a tool that parents and teachers can use to start difficult conversations and unearth the children’s deepest emotions.
Additionally, the book prompts adults to introspect about how they could be possibly perpetuating bullying among children, and even bullying children themselves with what may seem: “harmless”.
The book aims to restore kindness as a champion trait among children and within the environments that shape them; and ultimately, save the lives of children.