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Sunday, October 9th, 2011Sometimes things are very clear and straightforward even though carrying them out may be difficult. But that’s a lot better than not being clear. Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel Prize winning poet, said, “Create an isle of song in a sea of shouts.” This vision provides clarity about the direction we want our lives – situation after [...]
Stop Mean Girl School Bullies
Sunday, September 11th, 2011Mean girls, like mean guys, can make middle and high school a wounding, scarring misery for many kids. We’d expect elementary school friendships to change as girls develop different interests in boys, studies, athletics, music, art and science at different rates – especially interests in boys. We’d expect old friends to drift apart. But the [...]
Stop Bullies: Support Good Behavior, not Bad Blood
Sunday, August 28th, 2011Many people wrote and called for coaching after last week’s post, “Stop Bullies Who Demand their Way.” Although their circumstances varied, their fundamental hesitation was the same: “How can I defend the behavioral standards I want if that means angry confrontations with my blood relationships?”
Stop Bullies Who Demand their Way
Sunday, August 21st, 2011I was at a wedding and a funeral last week. Really; not a movie. And the people were fine. But I was reminded of all the times I’ve been at big family events when some selfish, narcissistic, abusive, controlling, bullying family member demanded that they get their way or they’d make a scene, make everyone [...]
Teachers’ Unions Don’t Protect Kids from Bullies
Sunday, August 14th, 2011The Teachers’ union is clear: since dues are paid by teachers, not by kids or parents, the union’s job is to protect and increase teachers’ salaries and seniority. I love good teachers. I come from a family of teachers. My life has been crucially enriched by teachers. I teach. But I won’t support the teachers’ [...]
Stop School Bullies: Organize This Summer
Sunday, August 7th, 2011If you worry that your child will be bullied in school next school year, but you don’t know what to do until bullying happens again in September, you’re missing a golden opportunity this summer. Summer is the best time to organize in order to protect your children on day-one.
Atlanta Teachers Cheat – Blame the Tests
Sunday, July 31st, 2011Weaklings and whiners blame temptation and tempters. That pattern of good reasons, best of intentions, and pathetic excuses and justifications to blame someone else is as old as apples and temptation. It’s just as lame and weak now as it always was. According to Wall Street Journal articles, Beverly Hall was Superintendant of the Atlanta [...]
Facebook Teams with Time Warner to Fight Bullies
Monday, July 25th, 2011The Associated Press and the Wall Street Journal report that, “Facebook and Time Warner are ganging up on bullies to address a problem that torments millions of children and young adults. The partnership announced Tuesday calls for Facebook and Time Warner to use their clout to raise awareness about bullying and encourage more people to [...]
Teacher Watches Bullying: Not an Isolated Case
Sunday, July 17th, 2011Newspaper videos show a suburban Dallas teacher watch one of his high school students get beaten by another student. This was not an isolated incident. That student was targeted for months. Since Dallas doesn’t have a policy, teachers are on their own in deciding what to do. In that environment, do you think that this [...]
Stop Bullies: Anger Management
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011Many bullies succeed in getting what they want by being angry. Even if they don’t hit physically, they beat their targets verbally, mentally and emotionally. And the threat of physical violence makes other people give in. These bullies have enough control that they haven’t been arrested and sent to prison. That’s why I think of [...]
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