Bullying-themed board game draws attention
Bullying-themed board game draws attention
Bullying-themed board game draws attention
By Ji Yuqiao
August 17, 2021
Summary
A role-playing board game has been drawing a lot of attention on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo as it focuses on school bullying and is based on the developer's personal experience of being bullied for 10 years.
The three main characters in the game correspond to the bully, the bullied student and the bystander.
Xizi set a variety of scenes of school bullying including emotional abuse and bodily injuries as a background of the game and shows what bullied teens experience and how they are hurt.
"I was bullied at school for over 10 years. The pain and misery became the origin of the game. I used visual language to display bullying scenes and solutions in the game and eagerly hope everyone who plays the game can feel how miserable bullied people are and that bullying can be resisted," the developer said.
Xiong Bingqi, director of the 21st Century Education Research Institute in Beijing, told the Global Times on Tuesday that the game is one way to let people know the seriousness of school bullying.
"The punishment of school bullying should be stronger. The legislation authority, the school and teachers should do more about the issue and realize that hurting children's dignity is sometimes more serious than hurting them physically," Xiong said.
The guidelines clarify the division of responsibilities for bullying prevention and what measures teachers should take according to different stages of bullying.
Reference
Yuqiao, J. (2021, August 17). Bullying-themed board game draws attention. Retrieved October 21, 2021, from https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202108/1231764.shtml