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Over the past few years, the ripple of widely publicized school shootings has demonstrated that the nation’s epidemic of youth violence has broadened in terms of age, geography and sex, to encompass all populations. The attention drawn by the media to these recent tragedies has thankfully also drawn attention to issues regarding the early identification of risk factors for violence and strategies for violence prevention.

We have now come to recognize that acts of bullying and revenge are associated with many of these violent incidents. Previously, issues related to bullying have not been a prominent part of the violence prevention agenda.

Bullying Causes Emotional Damage

The experience of being bullied can end up causing lasting damage to victims. This is both… Continue Reading

Individuals who use the internet to bully others are known as “cyberbulllies.” Bullying on the internet can be done via email, instant messaging and chatrooms. Websites like MySpace and Facebook are not only used to share information and pictures taken of one’s individual life, but to harass, tease and bully others. Author Vanessa Van Petten’s featured article discusses some reasons, methods and information that parents, youth leaders and educators need to be aware of to help our children avoid and keep from bullying others.

The Internet has changed the playground-bully into the in-my-bedroom-bully. It’s true, the line between school life and home life is gone. Kids can no longer leave the social pressures, cliques, bullies, snoodiness and the other highlights of… Continue Reading

Bully Statistics

According to the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, nearly half of all school-aged children will become a victim of bullying. Ten percent of surveyed victims state that they are bullied on a regular basis. One research study (Craig and Pepler’s), found that one incident of playground bullying takes place every seven minutes. Less than 5% of the incidents that occurred had adult intervention and less then 12% had peer intervention to assist the victims. Children who are bullied can experience real suffering and emotional trauma that can interfere with their social-emotional development. Whether you suspect that your child is the victim or the bully, it’s important to act now to help your child end… Continue Reading

If your child comes to you because a bully is bothering him or her, you need to pay close attention to the problem. The worst thing you can do is ignore it. Too often parents feel children and teens need to ‘work things out’ on their own. While parenting child does include promoting self-reliance, parents need to assist the child in developing social skills that includes what to do when being victimized by a bully. If the problem is ignored, your child’s self-esteem could decrease your child may develop inappropriate child behavior tendencies that stem from being bullied. Child psychology and child behavior experts promote taking positive steps to help your child become a smaller target for the bully.

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ScottCounseling recognizes that bullying is one of the most discussed topics in our society today. As we entered the age of technology (specifically the Internet), bullying, harassment and threats have grown to an all-time high. Road rage, cyber-bullying and terroristic threats have all made it to our state capitols for our legislators to discuss and establish new laws to help curtail the increase of this unacceptable behavior. Parents need to become more educated and aware of of how to handle appropriate forms of discussion with their child to 1) assist and prevent the child from becoming the victim, and 2) assist and prevent the child from becoming the bully. Dr. Robin Goodman’s article written below shares some interesting insights and preventative techniques to help parents keep… Continue Reading