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What Do Elementary Kids Believe About Bullying?
Two weeks ago I wrote a blog concerning statistics and what students in middle school understand about bullying. Despite having classroom guidance lessons since kindergarten, the students I surveyed in a middle school had limited understanding [...]
What Do Kids Really Know About Bullying?
A lot of questions have arisen lately about the statistics of bullying. People often wonder if we are blowing things out of proportion. Does it really happen? Do programs focusing on prevention really work? My next [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
Is All Bullying the Same?
Last week, the Michigan Senate approved an anti-bullying law that aimed to crack down on the problem of bullying in schools by making it illegal and clearly punishable by law. For those of us actively working towards increasing awareness of [...]
Teachers and Bullying Part 2: Teacher as Victim
As I discussed in my post earlier this week, bullying in school can take on many different forms. Teachers, though most often cast as witnesses to bullying, are just as likely to play a role in the bullying [...]
Teachers and Bullying Part 1: Teacher as Bully
Often when we discuss bullying in school the focus of the conversation is peer-to-peer abuse. The image of the schoolyard bully, the “Mean Girl” cheerleader and other stereotypes surface readily in the minds of parents and educators. However, [...]
