Uncle Mac's Barbershop: Lesson About Bullying

By Tina Figueroa and Erica Fung

Uncle Mac’s Barbershop is a short children’s story that shares a message about how young children can handle bullying. It is about a young boy named Milo who encounters a bully at school. He seeks advice from his Uncle Mac on how to handle the situation. When Milo visits his Uncle Mac’s barbershop, it’s not just the love that brings them together, but the mentoring Milo receives at the barbershop that will last a lifetime. Along the way, Milo has to decide if he will take Uncle Mac’s advice or handle the bully situation his way. You’ll decide as the reader whether Milo handles his next encounter with the bully correctly or not.

Readers are encouraged to connect with the characters by responding to 8 prompts at the end of the story. Included is an A-Z word list from the story to help inspire young readers to improve their literacy skills.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Mar 23, 2022
• ISBN: 9781665552578

Tina Figueroa

Tina Figueroa has a PhD in Special Education Leadership. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland, and has been in education for more than twenty-five years. She has spent her career dedicated to children and adults with special needs as a special education teacher, school principal, and special education coordinator in Arkansas, Tennessee, New Jersey, and Maryland. While in Memphis, Tennessee, she founded the Diligent Individuals with Vivid Aspirations (DIVA) program, which targeted at-risk teen girls by supporting their academic, social, and emotional needs. She published an article in the Rural Special Education Quarterly Journal in summer of 2003—“I’m Back! Developing a Transition Plan for Students with Disabilities Who Return to Rural School Districts from Mental Health Treatment Facilities.” She grew up as a child who attended church, where the Golden Rule was always instilled in her and her siblings.

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