Tag Archives for Effects
Bullying Prevention: Let’s Be a Voice for Change
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month! Dating violence can happen to any teen in a romantic, dating, or sexual relationship, anytime, anywhere. It can happen in person or online with a current or former dating partner. Bullying involves acts of violence, power or control of one person over another. But it does not have to happen at all.
One study found that young males who frequently bully peers in school are likely to perform acts of domestic violence as adults. Preparing Continue Reading
Posted in Prevention
Also tagged Dating, Educators, Help, Resources, Secondary school
What Do Bullying and Youth Substance Use Have in Common? More Than You Might Think.
On the surface, bullying and youth substance use may seem like separate problems. However, from research, we know that kids who use drugs or alcohol are at risk for other problem behaviors during their teen years. Recent findings confirm previous studies that found links between bullying and substance use. In a recent article, researchers found that middle and high school students who bully their peers or are bully-victims (bully others and are also bullied) are more likely than students who aren’t involved in bullying to use alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana.Continue Reading
Posted in Risk Factors
Also tagged Health, Research, Secondary school
Mother to Mother
“Late one Tuesday night, I received a text from the mother of my son’s friend. She told me that we needed to talk NOW; would I call her? Two weeks earlier, my 15-year-old son had broken down in tears over the harassment he was receiving at school. What I did not know, but learned from the mother who contacted me, was that my son had come very close to attempting suicide the night before. The actions of friends may indeed have saved my son’s life. My husband and I knew ‘Jake’ was hurting inside.” Continue Reading
Posted in Warning Signs
Also tagged Health, Help, Parents, Secondary school, Suicide
Teaching Social Skills to Prevent Bullying in Young Children
Bullying among young children is not uncommon. When young children–who often differ in physical size, skill level, and family experience–get together, patterns of hurtful behavior often emerge.
Children may be mean to each other by making mean faces, saying threatening things, grabbing objects, pushing others aside, or refusing to play with others. Some young children may engage in actual bullying behaviors by deliberately and repeatedly dominating a vulnerable child by name-calling, physical attacks, and excluding others from playing with them. Continue Reading
Posted in Prevention
Also tagged Educators, Parents, Preschool
Defending Childhood: Challenging Our Perceptions on Bullying
Participants at the Grand Forks Defending Childhood Site learn more about bullying intervention strategies.
In 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder launched the Defending Childhood initiative to address children’s exposure—as victims and as witnesses—to violence. He hopes to change our perceptions of violence and abuse, make the topic an issue on the national level, and address how abuse and violence affect children. He understands that violence can follow and wound children throughout their lives. We need to address abuse and Continue Reading
Posted in Response
Also tagged Federal, Secondary school, Training, Violence
