Brigitte Macron went to meet Star Academy students on Tuesday to raise awareness about bullying at school.
In Dammarie-les-Lys, the First Lady spoke out for a subject that has been close to her heart for years. Brigitte Macron met the students of season 12 at the Star Academy castle to discuss the fight against bullying at school. She was accompanied by Justine Atlan, director of 3018, a number for young victims of harassment and digital violence.
The First Lady's appearance will be broadcast in the daily program this Wednesday, November 6, but some images have already been presented. “This is the first subject that arrived on my desk when Emmanuel became president,” declared Brigitte Macron sitting in front of the students installed in the theater room. Maybe because I'm a teacher. I have had a lot of letters from students telling me to talk about this subject.”
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When she became president of the Hospital Foundation in 2019, succeeding Bernadette Chirac, she “ wanted to take a huge interest in the mental health of children and adolescents and (she) realized to what extent this harassment was a destabilizing factor,” she continued alongside the director, Michael Goldman, while the national day against school bullying will take place on Thursday.
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In 2023, in the columns of Paris Match, Brigitte Macron confided that half of the letters she receives concern cases of harassment, it is a “significant subject with enormous suffering”. Parents write him letters, young people rather e-mails. When she visits adolescent centers, she is saddened to see that “all of those who are there have been harassed”. It is in fact a detonator which can lead to an eating disorder, scarification, an addiction, a phobia, even a suicide attempt…
