Bullying Gets Eve Suspended on Last Man Standing

Jan 03, 2013

By: Lynn Barker

Just turned 16 actress Kaitlyn Dever has tackled the subject of bullying before playing Chrissa, an American Girl who was bullied because she was homeless. Now, several years later, the teen?s character Eve, the youngest daughter on the funny ABC show ?Last Man Standing?, gets suspended from school for name-calling.

We wanted to know about the episode and more about what Kaitlyn has been up to. She told us that the first thing she did for the New Year was a ?major cleanout of my room and I took a lot of trips to the thrift store?. Good for her!? We should do the same.

Kidzworld: You just had your 16^th birthday on the 21^st! What did you do?

• Kaitlyn: Yeah, it was my sweet 16. I?m so happy to be 16 finally. I went up to Big Bear with a bunch of friends. It was so awesome. We went in early December and I got this huge cabin and we had a big sleepover and made Christmas cookies, went sledding during the day and to the cabin at night. We played Wii and danced and played games. Since my birthday is so close to Christmas, I had my birthday party on the 8^th.

Kidzworld: Good idea. Your character Chrissa in the ?American Girl? movie a few years ago was bullied at school because she was homeless. That?s pretty severe so was it kind of fun to play the person accused of bullying instead of the victim?

• Kaitlyn: Yeah, the bullying episode really taps into how teens deal with it in real life. It also gives both aspects showing the bullied and the bullier. People think that just calling someone a name isn?t considered bullying but it totally is and it really hurts people.

Kidzworld: Have you ever been a victim of either in-person or cyber-bullying? Any advice for kids who have?

• Kaitlyn: Luckily I haven?t but I know a lot of my friends who go through it a lot. When I was in elementary school (I saw it). I?m not around it as much anymore because I?m home-schooled now but when I was in elementary school a lot of kids in my class were bullied. It?s totally wrong.? The victim, I would say just don?t let anything mean get to you because it doesn?t mean anything. They?re just being rude. The bullies are mean peop

Source: http://www.kidzworld.com/article/27764-bullying-gets-eve-suspended-on-last-man-standing

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