A second Maison de Marion opened its doors in the 13th arrondissement last November, for the national day of mobilization against school bullying.
Created by Nora Fraisse after the suicide of her daughter, the Maison de Marion offers psychological support to victims of bullying and cyberbullying.
La Maison de Marion also carries out awareness-raising missions in schools and with bullies, at the request of schools.
On the top floor of a maternal center in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, the association Marion la Main tendue has moved into a large apartment to welcome young victims of harassment and cyberbullying.
This second “Maison de Marion” opened its doors in Paris on November 18, for the national day of mobilization against school bullying.
It accompanies young people aged 4 to 23 – 43% middle school students, 33% elementary school children – victims of this problem which affects one in ten children in France.
“Why do attackers attack?
This is a question that we don't ask at the Maison de Marion so as not to be tempted to find excuses for the aggressors.
However, the association also supports bullies at the request of their schools.
"Often excluding them is not enough to solve the problem and the establishments see in us a positive and proactive approach to breaking the dynamics of violence", explains one of the clinical psychologists of the association, created by Nora Fraisse after the suicide of his daughter Marion, 13, victim of harassment.
Among the aggressors, "many are former victims of harassment who have chosen to go to the other side to ensure that they are never harassed again," she says.
“People come to see us as a last resort”
Many establishments, on average 22 establishments per month, also make awareness requests to the association.
"With each intervention in the schools, there are students who realize that what they are experiencing is not normal," says Nora Fraisse.
These children experience school bullying but also intra-family violence or incest.
For her, “raising awareness is child protection”.
Victims in care have access to psychological support and can take part in workshops to connect victims.
In 2021, the association received more than 5,000 email requests from victim families.
Requests are sorted according to the urgency of the situation.
“People come to see us as a last resort,” says Manon, clinical psychologist at Maison de Marion.
They have already done everything, call 3020, contact the academy…” A pupil's mother says she turned to the association when she was “at the end of her rope and no longer knew what to do.
Her 12-year-old son started having panic attacks and developing psychomotor problems because of the bullying.
“He couldn't get up or walk for several hours.
“Despite the appointments with the school management, the filing of a handbook or even the appeal to the harassment referent of the department, the situation of his son has not improved.
“I then turned to the Maison de Marion because I knew the story of Nora Fraisse.
She inspired me with confidence.
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Our file on harassment
This mother denounces the lack of resources allocated to the fight against harassment, which leaves the victims destitute.
Parliament has just created an offense of school bullying, intended to criminalize this practice.
However, this law "is an admission of failure since if there is harassment, it's too late, the damage is done," says Nora Fraisse.
The founder of the association offers an alternative solution for those who have not been able to help through institutional channels.
A necessary support since, according to her, “the main danger in harassment is to feel alone, to have no one to talk to.
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