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Stop School Bullies: Use Laws, People, Programs

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

In their article in the New York Times, “There’s Only One Way to Stop a Bully,” Susan Engel and Marlene Sandstrom focus on the educational aspects of programs designed to stop school bullying.  Let’s look at the whole picture and especially at the piece that’s usually missing from ineffective school programs:

Stop School Bullies or They’ll Ruin Summer Vacations

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Where do school bullies go during summer vacation?  Do you think they take the summer off and stop bullying until September?
School bullies enjoy the summer.  Usually there are fewer adult supervisors at camps, recreation centers, pools, playgrounds or in the mall to stop their bullying.

Stop Bullies: Girls Bullying Girls

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Just as many girls as boys are bullies but girls more often target other girls.

Girls do bully other girls physically.  One publicized example is the Florida girls who beat up a classmate and then posted the video on YouTube.
However, most girl-girl bullying is verbal and emotional.  Seven of the nine bullies were girls in the […]

Stop Emotional Bullies: Drama Queens

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Some bullies use their strong emotions to become the center of attention, take control and coerce or manipulate other people to give in and do what the emotional bully wants.
Children throwing fits are practicing and learning if that tactic works.  Adult masters of emotional bullying are effective with spouses, partners, friends, extended families and at […]

Stop Mean Girls Before They Trash You

Monday, May 17th, 2010

“Fighting for Girls: New Perspectives on Gender and Violence,” edited by Meda Chesney-Lind and Nikki Jones, cites recent studies to show that violence by girls has decreased.  In a New York Times article, “The Myth of Mean Girls,” Mike Males and Meda Chesney-Lind also state that our common perception that there are mean girls and […]

Bill Cosby Lashes Phoebe Prince’s Bullies, Principal, Teachers

Monday, April 19th, 2010

Bill Cosby is right.
On a special anti-bullying segment on Larry King Live, Cosby lashed out at the bullies who tormented Phoebe Prince for months before she committed suicide.  He also took on the teachers, principal and school administrators who said that they didn’t know what was going on.

Phoebe Prince Suicide Alerts Us to Stop School Bullies

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Maybe the suicide of 15-year-old Phoebe Prince will finally wake us up.  Maybe the articles in the New York Times, Huffington Post, People magazine and dozens of others will wake us up.  Maybe the long list of charges against the bullies and tormentors will finally goad the public to demand strong action.  Maybe charges of […]

Stopping School Bullies Requires More than Laws, Policies

Monday, March 8th, 2010

State laws and school policies are necessary, but they’re not enough to stop school bullies.  The third necessary ingredient is the responsible people who are paid to make schools safe.  If teachers, psychologists and counselors, assistant principals, principals, district administrators and school board members don’t create effective school programs and don’t enforce the laws and […]

Moments of Choice from Captain Chesley Sullenberger’s Childhood

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

My last post focused on children, teenagers and adults facing moments of choice when they’re targets of or bystanders-witnesses to harassment, bullying and abuse.  People who repeatedly turn away from that call to step up usually develop terrible long-term consequences including increased stress, insecurity, discouragement and depression; increased blame, shame, guilt and negative self-talk; and […]

Stop Bullying: Bystanders/Witnesses’ Moments of Choice

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

There are moments of choice in all our lives when we are called upon to stand up for our best dreams and aspirations.  Sometimes we recognize and seize these opportunities, sometimes we ignore these moments and sometimes we don’t ever hear their call to our spirits.  Each of these moments and our responses create long-lasting […]

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