Fasten your seatbelts and enjoy the diversity train!
Experts agree that bullying not only exists in every school and community in our country, but also a frightening escalation in time. were bullying, how strong is hunting for the weak reached almost epidemic proportions in the United States an American expert of three children, bullying is defined, either as victims, perpetrators or both, can, with minimal losses as are in reality victims. A Google search on "bullying"Delivery of more than three million pages. Meanwhile, millions of dollars of research in the study of children and youth violence and poured National Institute of Mental Health considers bullying to observe an anti-social behavior.
Social scientists of the common causes of bullying are firmly rooted in diversity: racial differences, differences in family formation / structure, perceived sexual orientation, learning disabilities, and religiousDifferences.
Since the proportion of "other" children in schools and society will increase the problem of bullying with it. Diversity can not escape even if we wanted. And 'in all the languages we speak, reflect the color of our skin, our gender, our time, our traditions, our sexual orientation and identity, the structure of our families, and financial resources and education.
The basic way of "Bully-bust" is to teach young childrenRespect and celebrate all cultures, choices and "capacity". Decades of social science research has found that communities and improve the experiences in different classes of children through more realistic representations of the world around them, the chances of genuine civic engagement and social INCREASE interaction between members of different cultural and ethnic backgrounds . This is another way of saying that our children have less chance of being bullied or tolerate bullyingany type if they are exposed to different people, as soon as possible - with no editing by adults "peanut gallery".
So how can you be a "Bully-Buster '? Follow these simple steps and allow a child, one family, a school and one community at a time.
Before Recognize prejudice, and then forgive your approach on a case by itself.
We are all human beings. We all have prejudices, both positive and negative super-savvy in Asia and the mysterious villain in a turban. The trickIt should be noted, recognize, and not unconsciously transmit. And do not let the media or other institutions do not go away with him. You can fight and win!
According to insist that the school and at home to reflect the world's children live in small
Look at the books, dolls, toys, magazines and musical instruments, paint colors, paper and pens to play with your children. See how gender roles are displayed in your homes and classrooms and ask reallyreflect our different world? Pay particular attention to the books because they are the way to a world view of the child are given to help Influence concepts of right and wrong, and awareness of social problems. Cinderella's influence on generations of young women, all evidence that you are convinced of the power of the written word. Do not forget what is missing is almost as important as what is available, because the missing link to provide children with the vital information needed for victory againstBullying and diversity.
Third Language matters - see, what to say and write!
Sticks and stones break bones and names really bad. Nor are we talking about racial insults of the past, but we are talking about another language and insidious insults. Use what sociologists call "the first positive human language." For example, a person is blind. He is not blind. One child was adopted is not (ie permanently) adopted. People first language is positive forracial and ethnic stereotypes, that is, we sit as snacks and non-Indian. Asians are not Oriental, and not every black man is African American. If this seems like political correctness run amok, a look at the mountains of sociological and psychological studies to demonstrate the role of language sufficient to shift the perception should be to convince the most enthusiastic yes-men. And silence is not always gold, either. The agreement also complicit silence when racism rears its uglyhead.
Fourth Teach your children how to be successful.
Tweak assignments (teachers) help to create a win-win for everyone. A simple and seemingly innocent "family tree assignment can send a child in a nontraditional family in a spiral. A "vegetable" assignment family can achieve the same educational and not to all, regardless of their familiar look and feel included as successful. Create your family or school "contracts" of behavior, including Bully-bustingValues such as respect, honesty, compassion, fairness, responsibility and courage. Get on the train all the diversity and Bully-busting and stick to it.
These four simple steps to stop bullying and distortion is in the title of each of its offer with a huge deposit: safe, secure children who can thrive in a world incredibly complex and diverse. And who knows where that might lead? Next stop: world peace!
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