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‘Equal opportunity bullying’ hits OC schools – News – The Orange County Register.
So here are some thoughts on this.  I am so happy that some schools are thinking about a more positive approach.  Unfortunately too many time we say we want to stop bullying.  It is very hard to do negative things.
The idea of looking [...]

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Joe Van Deuren on May 21st, 2010

If you are the victim of bullying and harassment, try not to show that it bothers you. There is an oriental philosophy called Mushin.  Mushin means to stay cool.  Don’t let your feelings show.   If the bullies think you don’t care what they do, they may move on to another target.

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Joe Van Deuren on May 16th, 2010

ALTHOUGH THE number of overweight children is rising, a study has found that obese children under ten are still more likely to be bullied by thinner classmates even if they are popular or smart.

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Joe Van Deuren on May 14th, 2010

I have been reading a number of articles written by school leaders, psychologist, parenting advisers, that talk about methods of reducing the amount of bullying that is going on in our society.  What has really surprised me is the number of comments that are then received talking about how the kids need to be given [...]

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Joe Van Deuren on May 4th, 2010

In a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada this past weekend, Rashmi Shetgiri, pediatrician and researcher at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre (UTSMC), and colleagues analysed data from the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health and found that “Improving parent-child communication [...]

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Andrianq on February 19th, 2010

This is an article from a magazine about living with ADD.  I thought you may enjoy it and here is the link to the website.  There are a number of good articles to be found on this site. http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/6892.html
Many parents of ADHD children worry about their being bullied. But some children with ADHD are bullies. [...]

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Joe Van Deuren on February 4th, 2010

I found the following article very interesting especially with the comments from Richard Lavoie, whom I have so much respect.  His work has re-opened our eyes to the development of children and their needs.
Kids who get bullied and snubbed by peers may be more likely to have problems in other parts of their lives, [...]

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Joe Van Deuren on January 22nd, 2010

When a child is the target of a bully there are so many things that go through their mind.  First they most likely are afraid, but they may also be confused, sad, angry, intimidated, or they may even feel vindictive.  In addition we may see a difference in the way we see them handle themselves.  [...]

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Joe Van Deuren on January 19th, 2010

It would be nice if children knew that we cannot always read their mind.  They do not know this unless we tell them.  In fact we do not, even if we think we do, always know what is going on inside our child’s mind or for that matter in the minds of anyone, even those [...]

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Joe Van Deuren on January 15th, 2010

As a parent it really hurts and we feel helpless when we see our child being bullied.  For many of us it brings back painful memories of those who may have bullied us physically or emotionally.  But there are steps your child can take to stop existing bullying and to prevent future bullying.  There are [...]

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