Last week, we looked at the stereotypes of bullies and the real people who end up being bullies. Here’s a question we haven’t asked: How does bullying affect the bully? The effects of bullying on the victim are better known. We tend to give less thought to how the bully might be affected by their own …
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Remember the movie “Mean Girls,” where Lindsay Lohan’s character joined the Plastics and bullied her way to the top of the high school food chain? When we think of bullies, we often picture the Plastics girls and other stereotypes from movies and TV. When you hear “bully”, what’s the first thing that comes to your …
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Need Another Reason To Stop Bullying At Its Earliest Stages? Bullying Can Cause Long-Term Brain Damage Think bullying is just “boys will be boys” or “girls will be girls”, to be endured until high school recedes in the rear view mirror? Think again. Bullying’s effects are felt deeper and stay with us far longer than …
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Pink Shirt Day began in 2007 when two Grade 12 students, David Shepherd and Travis Price from Berwick, Nova Scotia (near Halifax, Canada), stood up in defense of a Grade 9 boy being bullied for wearing a pink shirt. Their everyday heroism spread like wildfire – through their school, their community, their province, their country, and out …
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The emotional wreckage from the Steubenville rape case will continue – for those at the epicenter, directly involved in the tragedy, and radiating outward, for all of us shocked and saddened by the behavior and the damage done by and to the children on both sides of this terrible story. As parents, we wonder, “Could …
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In our last post, we discussed the connection between bullying and respect. But how do we keep kids grounded in respect? It’s a building process, unfortunately, not as simple as paying kids excessive compliments or giving everyone participation trophies for sports events. To build self-respect, kids must have many chances to build their competence and …
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