Emblematic host of It starts today, Faustine Bollaert is an attentive ear for the people who come to confide on her set. If her guests, often adults, dare to speak up to address difficult subjects, she knows how difficult it can be for children to talk about school bullying. In an attempt to make things happen, the host will be at the head of the prime School bullying: breaking the silencebroadcast Tuesday November 7, 2023, on France 2. In it, she interacts with teenage victims on a daily basis. “It shocked me. We spent two days listening to these extremely rare words. We are talking about 11-year-old children. […] Gabriel, who is 13, tells me about this little guy who is being harassed right now, how he ended up wanting to open his veins because he could no longer stand these daily insults…“she confided on the set of C to youon France 5Friday November 3, 2023. Moved, the host returned to what the little boy suffered on a daily basis. “It’s unbearable for the mother that I am, but quite simply for the citizen that I am”she declared.
Faustine Bollaert wants fear to change sides
Through this documentary, the host hopes that children will understand that what they are experiencing is not normal, or, conversely, that their actions are reprehensible. While Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine recalled that harassment was a crime, Faustine Bollaert declared: “It is important to highlight and dissect the mechanism of harassment a little. They themselves say: ‘Is this bullying?’, ‘Am I a brat?'”before deploring: “In addition, they are not heard because the teachers tell them: ‘Oh, you need to arm yourself a little more, that you toughen up’, tell the parents: ‘Maybe he has attracted a little too much attention…'” Moved, the mother of Abbie and Peter (born in 2013 and 2015) added: “This little Gabriel, he tells me: ‘But when I talk to my parents, nothing happens, when I talk to the school, nothing happens, when I talk to the police, nothing happens Nothing.’ […] They can no longer suffer every day!” As a reminder, harassment is an offense punishable by 10 years of imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros.