Archive for 'December,2011'
Bullying Statistics: What Is Really Going on in Schools?
We all know that bullying in school has become a problem that is gaining increased press in recent years. At first, much of the outcry against bullying centered on the “part of life” notion that adults are feign to take [...]
Life After Bullying, Part II: The Bully
What happens to bullies when they grow up? They grow out of it, right? No; unfortunately they do not. Children who do not learn how to interact appropriately with others before they reach the end of [...]
Life After Bullying: A Three Part Series, Part 1: Views from a victim
Working in both schools and clinical settings, I have had the opportunity to work with many people who were bullied as children. The adults often times come in suffering from depression, anxiety or other stress related [...]
Using the Anger Triangle & the “I-Message” in Bully Prevention
Anger is a complex emotion and one common to us all. However, few of us, especially children and teens, truly understand the underlying roots of our anger and what our expressions of anger really mean. In bully [...]
“I’m Not the Only One”
In the autumn of 1974, early in my career as school principal, a kind and gentle fifth grader named Davion was having trouble with some of the other boys in the class. In particular, a boy named [...]
