1. Choose Your Words
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2. Tolerance
Tolerance is defined as a willingness to accept feelings, habits, or beliefs that are different from your own.
Have you ever re-tweeted or favorited a post on twitter, shared a post on facebook, or re-pinned something on pinterest that was inappropriate toward someone else? It might have picked at their looks, the way they act, your opinion of them, or just been mean. What you think is a joke someone else may not be able to handle...

3. Ignore people that say mean or inappropriate things.
Don’t be that mean person, either.

4. When you choose the words that you use...
Bullying, Mobbing, and inappropriate language
Bullying: includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically, verbally, or online, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.

5. When you choose the words that you use...
Mobbing: bullying of an individual by a group in any context--such as posting something online to a community anonymously or being the person that re- tweets, favorites, shares, pins, gossips about, etc...

6. Think before you speak. Words can really hurt!

7. Sticks and Stones may break your bones, but sometimes words can destroy you....
Changes self esteem
Destroys one's image and sense of worth
Ruins confidence
Damages friendships
Leads to a negative climate

8. So What Are We Asking You to Do?
T.H.I.N.K.
T-is it True?
H-is it Helpful?
I-is it Inspiring?
N-is it Necessary?
K-is it Kind?