Saturday, April 21, 2012

5 Misunderstandings About Bullying

You'll want to read Dr. Danah Boyd's excellent article from the Wall Street Journal about bullying. Here are the beginnings of the five misunderstandings:
  1. Bullies usually aren't the source of the problem . . . 
  2. Not all meanness and cruelty is bullying . . . 
  3. "Cyberbullying" has become an unnecessary distraction . . .
  4.  When a child has been hurt, people want someone—or something—to blame . . .
  5. Most anti-bullying assemblies are ineffective . . .


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