Bullying and Empathy

Do bullies actually lack the ability to identify and experience the feelings of others?  Conventional wisdom asserts that bullies have a diminished ability to feel empathy. A recent study put that theory to the test. (“Bullying and Empathy: A Short-Term Longitudinal Investigation” Stavrinides,...

Stop Bullying: The Definitive Guide For Teachers & Coaches

If you teach or coach children, your job goes beyond just conveying course material or building skills.  You’ve got to know some psychology, be familiar with complex social structures,  you’ve got to motivate and most importantly, and to pull it all together, you’ve got to be in full control of...

This Might Work

Thanks to Newsweek.com One of the many reasons why school anti-bullying programs do not work is that very few people ever see themselves as the “bad guy”; bullies see their actions as harmless fun, or totally justifiable or even see themselves as a ‘victim’.  When presented with an...

A+ … in Fantasy and Gibberish

From Seacoast Online Brianna Hartford, a sophomore at Littleton High School, sees change in New Hampshire schools. She sees all students being welcome, their differences embraced and accepted, and every student has friends and a sense of belonging. Okay.  She’s a kid.  A hopeful, trusting, idealistic...

Nuttiness From Down Under

From the Daily Telegraph The story from the Daily Telegraph opens: A WEEK after student Jai Morcom was fatally bashed over a lunch table at Mullumbimby High School, 13-year-old Jade Reardon was begging her mum not to send her back to school. She had spent two weeks at home terrified of a bully at Gorokan ...