M is for Middle School Drama - Make it Stop With You

At school today, a friend repeated something that she heard someone say about me. That person told someone else. Soon there was a loop of conversation about something that was untrue going around the school. Then it came back to me. An awful feeling developed in the pit of my stomach. How did this even happen and how did I end up in the middle of it?

How many times has this scenario happened to you or some one you know? What is more important, why does someone who you consider a friend, repeat something that ends up hurting you?

Quite simply, sometimes people don’t think before they speak. At the risk of sounding not cool or tongue tied, unkind words slip out. Then suddenly, when more is added to it, the story takes on a life of its own wounding everyone in its path. Whether it is in person or online words can hurt.

If you find yourself falling into the gossip chain, make it stop with you. “Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.”Proverbs 26:20. 

 

Middle school is an awkward time for kids. They are so busy trying not to draw attention to themselves by saying something that others might make fun of, that they point the attention at someone else. Teach your kids how to pro-act, so that they won’t have to re-act. Know what God's Word says. When they realize that they have a choice to not respond, they can change the situation. Once they understand this concept, that they have the power to not be drawn into the drama, then the gossip can stop with them. They have made the choice to live by faith which will change their world and those around them.

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