GETTING TOUGH ON BULLYING - THE HARM IT IS CAUSING TODAY'S YOUTH
PARENTS AND TEACHERS WERE INVITED TO GET TOUGH ON BULLYING LAST NIGHT.
- Newswatch Newsroom
1/24/2013
PARENTS AND TEACHERS WERE INVITED TO GET TOUGH ON BULLYING
LAST NIGHT.DOCTOR WENDY CRAIG, A PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR AT QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY
, SPOKE TO RESIDENTS ABOUT
WHAT SHE CALLS THE ROOT CAUSE OF BULLYING - RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS.
HER PRESENTATION ALSO TOUCHED ON THE LONG STANDING MYTH THAT BULLYING IS A RITE OF PASSAGE
.CRAIG SAYS THAT WHEN ENCOUNTERS BECOME HURTFUL...
IT HARMS EVERYONE INVOLVED.
...ADDING THAT THERE IS NO QUICK FIX TO SOLVING THESE ISSUES IN THE HOME OR AT SCHOOL.
DR. WENDY CRAIG, PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR:
"DEVELOPS AND UNFOLDS OVER TIME AND SO IT REQUIRES TIME TO REBUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND HELP SUPPORT ALL CHILDREN WHO ARE INVOLVED.
WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE CHILD WHOSE DOING THE BULLYING, WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE CHILD WHO IS BEING VICTIMISED AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE PEERS WHO ARE WATCHING, BECAUSE WE NOW KNOW THAT WATCHING BULLYING IS AS DISTRESSING TO THEM AS IF IT WAS HAPPENING TO THEMSELF."