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Helping Kids Cope With Cliques
Your 10-year-old daughter comes home crying because the girls she's been friends with are suddenly leaving her out and spreading rumors about her. She's confused because it seemed to happen out of the blue. She doesn't know what she did wrong and is nervous about returning to school, unsure if she ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
Bullying in Early Adolescence: The Role of the Peer Group
A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association demonstrated the seriousness of bullying in American schools. In a nationally representative sample of over 15,686 students in the United States (grades 6 through 10), 29.9% self-reported frequent involvement in bullying at school, ...
Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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Argument or Bullying?
Sooner or later, it happens to just about every parent. Your child comes home from school sobbing, "That kid is so mean...
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What Happens Over Time To Those Who Bully And Those Who Are Victimized?
There can be little question that the phenomenon of bullying has become a worldwide concern, drawing the attention of...
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When Your Teen is Bullied: How to Tell and What to Do
Whether bullying happens in person or online, it isn't something that parents should merely observe from the sidelines--...
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Peer to Peer Problems and Playground Politics
While it's heartbreaking to see your kindergarten kid distraught over one of his first friendship dilemmas, it's not all...
Source: Education.com -
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Questioning Adolescents: Victimization, Belonging, Safety and the Role of Supportive Adults in High School
Adolescence is a time of thinking about sexual development and sexual orientation (1). However, whether or not an...
Source: Education.com
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