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Development Topics
When Your Child Is Wounded
Why Bullying Is So Harmful
1. Bullying is a problem that parents and educators
alike have to address. Numerous studies
on bullying have been conducted by and reported on by the U.S.
Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Northwest
Regional Education Laboratory,
the University of Colorado at Boulder Center for the Study and Prevention
of Violence, the UCLA School Mental Health Project, and others. The
bottom line: Our school-age children are at risk.
2. Any child can be at risk of being bullied. As a psychologist and former
teacher, Dr. James Dobson addresses the problem of bullying at length
in his book Bringing Up Boys. The statistics
on bullying show how prevalent this problem is among children
ages 8 and up. The reasons that
children intimidate and harass one another vary, but the result
is the same:
A child’s spirit is wounded.
3. If your child is being repeatedly bullied, the time for action is now. In his book Complete Marriage and Family Home Reference Guide,
Dr. Dobson addresses this issue head-on. His conclusion? School-age children
can inflict long-term
emotional damage on vulnerable classmates.
Thankfully, there’s hope!
Do you have thoughts, questions, advice on this topic? Post your stories and comments in the forum for other parents to respond to. Enter the forum now.
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