Category: Bullying Awareness
October is National Bullying Awareness Month in the United States. Show your support! Anyone can put a stop to bullying. A perfect example of this is Dylan Beckham, a nine-year-old in Bowling Green, KY, who stood by an autistic classmate and insisted that the bullying stop. His insistence of “No Bullying Here” spread through his …
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How do parents help kids deal with bullying, without helicoptering? I’ve seen several recent articles, written by both parents and researchers, suggesting that the silver lining to parental non-involvement in kids’ bullying is that kids (1) learn to work problems out for themselves and (2) accept the life lesson that not everyone’s going to be your …
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Cyberbullying never happens by itself. Cyberbullying always exists in environments where in-person, face-to-face bullying already thrives. So if you’re seeing cyberbullying, look further – to find (& change) the bullying-enabling systems in your environment. Cyberbullying will decrease too. Find out more about cyberbullying in “Bullying Epidemic: Not Just Child’s Play“. Coming Sept 2011.
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