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The information below is taken from the ABC News web page which you can log onto by typing www.abcnews.go.com
Kids Face New Breed of Bully abc News, September 3, 2006 "Once only found on the playground and the school bus, bullies have a new venue for tormenting fellow students: the Internet. Now school-age bullies attack their classmates with just the click of a mouse. A new national poll said one in every three children between the ages of 12 and 17 is the victim of cyberbullying. ...victims of cyberbullying are often more emotionally injured than those who are physically attacked in a schoolyard, according to experts.
How to Deal with Bullies
Tips for Parents
Be Proactive. Talk to your kids about what bullying is and the different forms it can take: physical, verbal and general intimidation.
Practice. Set up hypothetical situations with your kids. Ask them what they would do if someone demanded their lunch money.
Tips for Kids
Be assertive. If facing a bully, be assertive and standup for yourself. You can do this with eye contact and good posture.
Walk away. If someone starts bullying you, just walk away.
If it happens, tell someone. You aren't being a tattletale if you're not trying to get anyone in trouble. Telling an adult is always good when you can't handle the situation yourself. Also, tell someone early: the longer the bullying goes on, the harder it is to stop.
There's power in numbers. Stay in groups -- walk to school with a buddy, sit with friends at lunch and stick with kids you know on the playground. This will discourage would-be-bullies from pouncing.
"How Not to Talk to Your Kids"
Adapted from article by Ashley Merryman New York Magazine News & Features
Praise for praise sake - without merit - can create, in youth, a sense of entitlement (an attitude that the world "owes" them). In addition, research tells us that, in such students, over-praise can make them "praise junkies" and they tend to quit trying if they, at first, fail at a task.
Failure is actually the first step in learning. If children are constantly told how bright or capable they are, they often feel like they are to blame if something does not work or they do not do well on a project or in a sport. One measure of intelligence is persistence and time on task. Students that quit trying do not score as well on tests or in life situations. Students that perceive failure or setbacks as mere stepping stones to success do better on most tasks. The do not give up as easily.
In light of those statements it may be wiser to guide children through a task which is difficult or even impossible for them by teaching them that the brain itself is a muscle and needs to be exercised like any other muscle in the body. Statements such as "Good try!" and "I know you'll figure it out..." or even, "What did you learn from this that you could use next time?" gives the student encouragement to keep trying - to exercise their brain muscle. Praise does work - specific to time and task - as a reinforcer. indiscriminate praise can actually set the student up for failure.
Methamphetamine Source: Rimrock Foundation 2/2007 www.rimrock.org "The abuse of methamphetamine - a potent psychostimulant - is an extremely serious and growing problem. Chronic abuse can lead to psychotic behavior, characterized by intense paranoia, visual and auditory hallucinations, and out-of-control rages that can be coupled with extremely violent behavior...Researchers have reported that as much as 50 percent of the dopamine-producing cells in the brain can be damaged after prolonged exposure to relatively low levels of methamphetamine."
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