Here is an article that demonstrates the affect of just observing forms of violence (bullying). I firmly believe that there is no such thing as an innocent bystander. All of us are affected by bullying – even when it is not directed at us personally.
“Students who watch as their peers endure the verbal or physical [...]
Here is an article about bullying that makes some good points – but then some that are very old school and not what I would teach our children.
Bet you didn’t know there was such a thing as the New Jersey Commission on Bullying in Schools. Well, there is. And it just issued its report. The [...]
This is a story from a Swedish newspaper that most parents can relate to. The questions though is was the way this was handled the best way or was there a better way of dealing with this situation?
A Lund man has been charged with trespassing after going to the home of a boy who [...]
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There was an article that is a real warning for all of us and brings to mind how important it is to start early with our children in teaching kindness, respect and compassion for themselves and others.
Here is the link: http://www.bloggernews.net/123177
Recently I completed training in suicide prevention. The training is called QPR training. [...]
I found this article that is an interesting way for us to try to determine if our child is acting out bully behavior and if they might be a victim too in school. Feel free to comment.
While not my original intent I would like to begin to discuss the office bully. I am going to start with this article on understanding office bullies found at the Thomas Net News on Industry Market Trends. Here is what they had to say:
Bullying in the workplace is said to be a “silent” epidemic, subtly [...]
In England they have a call center that children can call if they are in some sort of distress. The calls range from bullying to abuse and more. Some call and after getting something off their chest hang up prior to being able to get further help.
Here is how one call went:
10:45 AM Val, 50, [...]
Part of the reason that in our Tiger Tots classes we do the sharing and complimenting exercise, is so our children will begin to learn at an early age that kindness and sharing not only feel good but help others to feel good too. Starting early is key to preventing bullying later in life. Here [...]
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Now that I have finished posting the Frequently Asked Questions section I ams ging to start on talking about what we can do to help our young persons who seem to be angry or distressed. Of course our goal is to find out what happened or what were the events that led to the child [...]
Starting today we will be posting information to begin with in our Frequently Asked Questions page about bullying. Our next step is to start adding information that will be helpful for teachers and parents in dealing with this issue in our classrooms and at home. I am building this a little at the time, so [...]
