Summary
THE AGE-OLD scourge of bullying is alive and well. But a comprehensive review of a growing arsenal of strategies to combat it, courtesy of Record Staff Writers Barbara Williams, Karen Sudol and Colleen Diskin, gives us cause for hope.
Bullying thrives when the conditions are right. First, the bully - - a child whose own relative powerlessness inspires the urge to find and dominate someone weaker than they. Second, the victim -- any other child, though often someone with a perceived physical affliction or sexual-orientation difference. Third, everyone else -- other children, parents or teachers. Bullies need victims, to be sure. But they also require indulgent or absentee adults, and classmates willing to pile on or look the other way.See the full content of this document
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Fighting Bullies
The White House estimates that 13 million children are bullied a year -- about one in three students. The abuse appears to be on the rise locally, esp...
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