Bully Prevention

An article from Online Conference on Networks and Communities, Department of Internet Studies, Curtin University of Technology. Contains helpful ideas and solutions parents can use to prevent and/or mitigate cyber […]

In this interview with a young boy bullied at school for physical disabilities, the student describes how his involvement in groups outside of school and extra-curriculars helped him develop new healthy […]

Are there differences between male and female bullies?

by Molly Edmonds

When you consider the great bullies that have graced the movie and television screen, most of them are males. In 2008, the Boston Globe […]

Occasionally it is difficult to distinguish between bully and victim; children and young adults will go back and forth and escalate their aggression towards each other, often reaching violent levels, whether they […]

-from parenting-journals.com

Signs of Depression in Children and Teens
September 8, 2010 |

By Marc Courtiol

While childhood depression can be triggered by events such as changing schools, divorce, […]

techniques from stopbullying.org

Bullying is aggressive behavior that is intentional
and that involves an imbalance of power or
strength. Often, it is repeated over time and can
take many forms. In many […]

from          http://www.stopcyberbullying.org

WHAT IS IT?

“Cyberbullying” is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, […]

by The Daily When Stacy Conner picked up her daughter Ashlynn from her elementary school the day before she died, she found the 10-year-old in tears, a drastic change from the bubbly fifth-grader who had hopped out of her car that morning. Ashlynn told her mother she had been picked on by the same group of [...]

The race is on! During the holiday season, child safety procedures are imperative because of the large crowds we see everywhere. Everyone is engaged in the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season. Everyone. Not simply moms, dads, aunts and uncles looking for the perfect gifts, but child predators looking for their next victim as well. The large…[Read more]

How does the Bullying/Victim Relationship Emerge? Perhaps one of the most important things for teachers to remember is that bullies and victims do not necessarily enter the classroom with the destiny of becoming a bully or victim. Once the bully/victim relationship is set in place, however, it is hard to change. The two children may [...]

by Rae Pica   Besides lack of time, the reason most often given by school administrators for revoking recess is that there’s too much bullying and bad behavior taking place on the playground during recess. Well, that may be so. But is eliminating recess the solution to the problem? If we were to follow the [...]

Is There Anything We Can Do About Bullying? Although bullying is not a normal part of childhood, it’s a serious and common problem that can drastically affect the ability of children – bullies and their victims alike – to progress academically, emotionally and socially. This publication explains what bullying is, discusses the interaction of…[Read more]

Standing up to Bullies, Travel in Groups, Stop School Violence

Middle school is tough enough without having to deal with bullies. You have the right to go to school in a place where you feel safe. People who physically (by using [...]

By Brenda High, Director, Bully Police USA   Contrary to what many people believe, bullying is an adult problem, not a child’s problem.  Adults are entirely to blame for bullying in our schools because they do not stop it.  Bullies bully because they can, and because they can get away with it and adults decide when, and [...]

by Jamie Littlefield   Bullying can bring fear and hopelessness into the life of an innocent child. Sadly, many caregivers and bystanders don’t act when they see a child getting bullied on the playground or in their neighborhood. Such inaction can mean misery for children who are subjected to bullying on a regular basis. Victims of [...]

As school will be opening, unfortunately we may start hearing about the ugliness of bullying and teasing of kids.  Many, if not most, schools have employed an anti-bullying policies and programs.  But what happens if they don’t work? A special guest post from Blair Wagner of A Way Through helps sort through this dilemma. Why Anti-bullying…[Read more]

Students who bully others tend to have difficulties with other relationships, such as those with friends and parents. Targeting those relationships, as well as the problems children who bully have with aggression and morality, may offer ideas for intervention and prevention. Those are the findings of a new study that was conducted by scientists at [...]

Behavioural and emotional dispositions Many of us have the potential to bully. Our emotional and behavioural dispositions to bully are very much determined by childhood experiences. Behavioural dispositions Research has shown that bullies tend to come from homes in which early relationships were battles of power. Bullies learn how to dominate,…[Read more]