Support Eenie's World: Empowering All Against Bullying

Eenie’s World is the creation of International Environmental Lawyer and Author Dr. Linda Spedding. An international human rights and environmental attorney and yoga and health management teacher, Dr Spedding is the author and editor of 18 books. Dr. Spedding usually divides her time between the United Kingdom, Europe, USA and India. She is the recipient of the Bharat Gaurav award in 2016 and the World Book of Records Individual Excellence Award 2022 for her contribution and services to India and communities at the House of Commons and House of Lords respectively in London. Her early career began by helping her family with Special Education Schools assisting educationally challenged pupils. She writes for children to help them discover kindness and balance and how to protect the planet. Her star character is the animated snail Eenie, whose tagline is “Feeling good.” This small but mighty snail shows children how to live mindfully, how to relax, and how to overcome life challenges through steady persistence, self empowerment and self responsibility. Eenie has a multimedia website and YouTube channel with songs, videos, activities, and educational articles at Eenie's Website .

At its heart, Eenie’s World is a humanitarian project as it not only supports the early learning of universal values but also supports the work of non-profit initiatives and humanitarian relief under the auspices of Adhyatmik Foundation, a private 501 (c) 3 Foundation that has prioritized traditional mindfulness, health and happiness for several decades www.Adhyatmik.org.

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Prevention of Bullying Month has just taken place in the USA and Anti Bullying Week is coming. In the U.K. Anti-Bullying Week 2024 will take place from Monday 11th to Friday 15th November, with the important theme: Choose Respect. As a bullying culture can develop in any context in which we regularly interact with one another respect is vital- self respect and respect to others. Reportedly the intention of the coming week’s activities is to empower children and young people to not resort to bullying, even when there is any conflict or disagreement and remind adults to lead by example, both online and offline.

We all are responsible for our shared well-being. If everyone could be motivated to help their peers and each other instead of taking part in bullying, much of the bullying problem would be eliminated. The fact that nobody usually supports or defends the bullied victim can cause the most suffering for the individual. Bullying does not only weaken the concerned individuals, but also the class community and even affect the quality of the school climate. Eenie’s World is developing tools to highlight self esteem, self empowerment and self responsibility to make a positive difference and promote coexistence to reduce the Bullying escalation that is happening in this unsettled world where often frustration prevails and inner peace becomes lost. Feeling good.

Bullying as a social phenomenon often occurs early unfortunately - among children and young people. It is well understood that bullying can have a huge negative influence on the personality development of all parties concerned - both victim and perpetrator - and may increasingly lead to varying mental disorders as the effects of bullying can manifest in many ways. Half of mental health problems are known to begin before the age of 14. It is important to understand that mental health problems in young people are idiosyncratic in nature, so they need to be treated in a way that is helpful to them personally. Mental health problems are known to have a complex range of biological, psychological and social causes. These can see certain children being at greater risk than others. Conversely, protective factors are characteristics that reduce the likelihood of poor mental health. Eenie’s World intends to create individual positive wellbeing tools to improve overall mental health and well-being universally.

When being bullied, a victim - whatever their age - can feel constantly insecure and on guard. Even if not actively being bullied, they are aware and on edge that it could start anytime. This creates negative energy that can attract what the victim hopes to avoid, causing ongoing mental and emotional impact, feeling lonely or isolated, alone, angry and withdrawn.This can damage a person’s quality and experience of life. Being proactive to deal with the problem is an important first step in taking actions or having a strategy against bullying. It is said to be crucial to identify the signs as early as possible and to open a conversation with the individuals involved if this is possible.

Anti-Bullying Week is an annual event held in the third week in November which aims to raise awareness of bullying children and young people, in schools and elsewhere and to highlight ways of preventing and responding to it. One essential prerequisite is the perception by the bully or by others that an imbalance of physical or social power exists. This aspect must be addressed.

There is no doubt that saying NO to bullying in a practical way is a must in order to reverse the negative trend that has been great exacerbated by Cyber. There are increasing cases in many places that are being researched regarding the negative phenomenon "cyberbullying", which takes place in the virtual or electronic world, typically over the internet, which can be both insidious and dangerous. This is a key area for balanced education and intervention which is a focus of Eenie’s World.

Every bullying situation is of course different and there is not a single right solve all solution. There are however suggestions to try in order to say NO to bullying and Eenie’s World is progressing a universal toolkit and framework to prevent and reduce, if not eradicate Bullying. It is generally recognized that awareness, prevention education, and intervention are three very effective ways to stand against bullying. We must stop Bullying everywhere.

Nobody wants to be bullied at any stage in their lives and most hope for a balanced life complete with health and happiness. Bullies should be made to understand that their behaviour is unacceptable on every level. This is paramount. Therefore we believe that through the Mission implicit in Eenie’s World we can achieve a unique practical ongoing campaign to raise awareness and provide tools to make positive change and are seeking funds to progress the Vision and Mission through more research, the development of flexible tools and the provision of a safe haven for families to be able to communicate and learn with peace of mind and enable a positive support system. Moreover through the piloting and development of Eenie’s World a range of risk and protective factors can be found to influence the development of mental health problems in children and young people with emphasis on a more mindful approach.