The Please Stop Laughing at Me Journal: A Safe Place for Us to Talk

Maybe you're a kid struggling to fit in and you feel like nobody understands what you're going through. (Or maybe you're the parent of a lonely, bullied child who's tried everything to get your son or daughter to open up, with disappointing results. Or an educator concerned about a friendless student.)

This is your first step toward finding your way back to yourself. Jodee Blanco, author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Please Stop Laughing at Me . . ., designed this fresh and innovative journal to help you draw out of silence to a place of renewed self-understanding and acceptance. Chock-full of insightful quotes, practical activities, and meaningful questions, Jodee gives you a safe place to vent, accompanying you on a guided tour of your deepest thoughts and emotions. Sharing memories from her own painful adolescence, the author speaks as a kindred spirit, holding your hand as you begin to reclaim your hope for the future, one diary entry at a time.

Survivor, expert, and activist Jodee Blanco is one of the country’s pre-eminent voices on the subject of bullying. Inspired by the thousands of letters she receives from students, parents, teachers, and adult survivors, Jodee has become one of the nation’s most sought-after keynote speakers, seminar presenters, and crisis consultants. More than half a million students, teachers, and parents have participated in her acclaimed in-school anti-bullying program It’s NOT Just Joking Around!. Her story of survival and forgiveness has drawn the attention of the national media as well as recognition from the United States government. Blanco is the author of the bestseller Please Stop Laughing At Me... One Woman’s Inspiration Story, and its award-winning sequel, Please Stop Laughing At Us... Please visit her website, www.jodeeblanco.com, for more information.