Today is the national anti-harassment day

A day won't be enough to fix the problem, but it's always better than nothing. Today, November 8, 2018, is the national day against all forms of harassment.

And if I take the trouble to talk about it here, it's because since Hoth Bricks has existed, I get every now and then messages from young, somewhat clueless LEGO fans who ask me how to fulfill their passion in the school context. and react to teasing from other children or adolescents their age.

So I repeat here what I told them in private: harassment is also the repetition of daily mockery and systematic and regular denigration in public. The difference, the source of these repeated daily mockeries and attacks, can be visible but it can also be a little less so when it is simply a passion or a center of interest considered by many as too childish. for a teenager today.

To all those who regret having talked too much or no longer dare to speak: Go to your parents, your teachers, your friends, inform them of what is bothering you, of what you are going through even if some people try to convince you that 'it is just simple mockery without consequences.

Do not lock yourself in a silence that gives even more power to those who harass you on a daily basis. Refuse humiliation. If you cannot find an attentive ear, a free national number is at your disposal, 3020.

Every year, 1 in 10 students experience harassment, whether it be verbal, physical, psychological, intimidation, insults, mockery or threats. If you think you are part of it, whatever your entourage says, do not stay in your corner. Talk it over.