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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.
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 [...]
Begging Doesn’t Stop Domestic Bullying and Abuse
Sunday, June 5th, 2011We don’t need more research and statistics to know that domestic violence is a travesty and must be stopped. For example, watch the graphic five minute video about the effects of that brutality and the work of one safe house helping women and children. Domestic violence is obvious – you can see the results of [...]
Power is Better than Empowerment
Sunday, May 29th, 2011Of course I have to explain what I mean by that stark statement. I use the words “power” and “empowerment” to refer to different ideas. You may have other words to describe the difference. The difference is much more important than the particular words used. Power has gotten a bad reputation but I want to [...]
Maturation: Overcome Fear of Bullying Parents
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011Many people still feel like children when their parents boss, belittle, criticize, demean, blame, shame, bully, abuse and guilt-trip them. The now-adult children still feel afraid, just like they did years ago. Angry, hostile, harassing, taunting parents still elicit the most primitive responses from their adult children – fight, flight or freeze. How can these [...]
Stop Sneaky, Manipulative Bullies
Sunday, May 15th, 2011A typical tactic of sneaky, manipulative bullies is to convince their well-meaning targets to try to make the bullies happy. Although covert bullies and control-freaks aren’t usually so clear, straightforward and blunt about it, what they say is, “You’ve made me unhappy. It’s your fault that I’m upset, angry, violent and abusive. If you only [...]
An Effective School Anti-Bullying Program
Sunday, April 17th, 2011Jenny Castor, Denver ABC-TV station KMGH-TV, video journalist reports on a program to stop school bullies that is actually effective, “Students Learn Anti-Bullying Skills Starting In Kindergarten.” The accompanying video shows training to help “Young Students Exercise Ways To Defuse Mean Encounter With Potential Bully.” The driving forces behind the program at Most Precious Blood [...]
Protect Your Children from School Bullies
Monday, April 11th, 2011In a new interview and article, Theresa Marchetta, Investigative Reporter for Denver ABC-TV station, KMGH-TV reports on the steps you need to take to protect your children from becoming victims of bullies and of principals and district administrators who won’t stop taunting, teasing, harassment, bullying and abuse. Of course, if your wonderful principal protects your [...]
Mom Demands Daughter’s Safety from Bully
Thursday, March 31st, 2011Theresa Marchetta, Investigative Reporter for Denver ABC-TV station, KMGH-TV reports on the response of the principal of Roxborough Intermediate School, Douglas County, Colorado to a serious case of bullying. “Irene Rockwell reports that her 6th grade daughter, who had been a peer mentor, choir member, A+ student and student body representative, was made to sit [...]
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