Teacher Uses Bruised Apple To Show Devastating Effects Of Bullying

One woman found an incredibly way to teach a crucial lesson.  Rosie Dutton of Relax Kids, a U.K.-based company that deals with kids' mindfulness and relaxation, teaches a weekly class for 10- and 11-year-olds. During a recent class, Dutton used apples to brilliantly illustrate the point that the effects of bullying aren't always so conspicuous.  The coach, who documented the lesson in a now-viral Facebook post, started out by showing the class two typical, perfect-looking apples. But unbeknownst to the students, she had dropped one of the apples repeatedly on the floor. She picked up the dropped apple and began insulting it.  "I ... started to tell the children how I disliked this apple, that I thought it was disgusting, it was a horrible [color] and the stem was just too short," Dutton wrote. "I told them that because I didn't like it, I didn't want them to like it either, so they should call it names too." They passed that apple around in a circle and the kids joined in on the insults. After, Dutton took a completely different approach with the other apple. "We then passed another apple around and started to say kind words to it, 'You're a lovely apple', 'Your skin is beautiful', 'What a beautiful [color] you are' etc," the 31-year-old wrote.  While both looked the same, she eventually cut both of them open to reveal that the apple that had been insulted was mushy and bruised inside. The apple that received praise wasn't.  "When people are b...
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