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Bullied 5th grader fed up writes to the President
Student, fed up with bullying, writes President Obama and gets inspiring response. Student Ziainey Stokes from West Philadelphia wrote a letter to President Obama about bullying in January. The 11-year-old was fed up with being a victim after several years of abuse at two schools.
“I wrote that some people don’t care if you get bullied or not, but I do care,” Ziainey said.”
Zianey Stokes has been inspired to start her own anti-bullying organization. Excellent!
Full story at NBC Philadelphia
Read MoreBullies and Victims – Both Have Poor Problem Solving Skills?
Interesting article and podcast at Scientific American.
Researchers reviewed and analyzed 153 studies and found that both victims and bullies have poor problem-solving skills within social situations. They also found that boys bully more than girls but here’s a significant point: those who do poorly in school are at a higher risk of becoming a bully. The research was published this week in the journal School Psychology Quarterly.
Read article on bullies and victims at Scientific American.
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Question posted at NYT – When your Child is the cyberbully
A posting we’d like to share with you from the New York Times “When your child is the cyberbully”
Q: We recently discovered several instances of one of my sons actually being the cyberbully. The transcripts were unbelievably obscene and I am devastated. I have had numerous talks with him about the severity of this issue, but I don’t really understand what to do from there.
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Studies Reveal Why Kids Get Bullied and Rejected
Article on bullying at Yahoo and Live Science has some interesting points about how children will often be judged based on their ability to respond to cues from their peers and the world around them.
From the article:
“Kids who get bullied and snubbed by peers may be more likely to have problems in other parts of their lives, past studies have shown. And now researchers have found at least three factors in a child’s behavior that can lead to social rejection.
The factors involve a child’s inability to pick up on and respond to nonverbal cues from their pals.”
And further:
“When children have prolonged struggles with socializing, “a vicious cycle begins,” Lavoie said. Shunned children have few opportunities to practice social skills, while popular kids are busy perfecting theirs. However, having just one or two friends can be enough to give a child the social practice he or she needs, he said.
Parents, teachers and other adults in a child’s life can help, too. Instead of reacting with anger or embarrassment to a child who, say, asks Aunt Mindy if her new hairdo was a mistake, parents should teach social skills with the same tone they use for teaching long division or proper hygiene. If presented as a learning opportunity, rather than a punishment, children usually appreciate the lesson. “
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