Bullies at School
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Sunday, January 29th, 2012Jane’s 5 year-old daughter, Jenny, had been tormented for months by a bully in her class. Even though the bullying girl was the same size as Jenny, she repeated took whatever Jenny was playing with, shoved Jenny down repeatedly and often pulled her clothes and hair. Jane had told her daughter that physical violence was [...]
Can Fear and Anger Help Stop Bullies?
Sunday, December 18th, 2011Some people think that fear and anger are always bad. Some people think that fear and anger can’t help stop bullies. I disagree.
To Stop Bullies You Must Protest and Say, “NO!”
Monday, December 12th, 2011One of the typical tactics of sly, sneaky, stealthy, manipulative bullies is to work in the dark; to not be seen to be bullies. Then, when a light is shined on their abusive behavior, they claim that they were just having fun; that they were just kidding around; that they didn’t know their target was [...]
Do Our Teenagers Have a Right to Privacy?
Sunday, November 20th, 2011I attended a wonderful presentation on cyberbullying and sexting by an officer from a local police department. The question came up about spying on our teenagers’ phones and computers: “Do our teenagers have a right to privacy?” That was followed by the question: “If we spy on our teens, how can they consider us friends? [...]
The Will to Stop Bullies, Stop Bullying
Sunday, November 6th, 2011Everyone has moments that matter: moments when our life can go in either direction; moments when we can choose the strength to soar to heaven or the weakness to fall into hell. You know, those moments in which everything gets absolutely quiet and the air seems to pulse and throb with the power and weight [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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