[acb-hsp] Focus Less On Sex Education and More On Character

[J.Rayl]

I agree, Peter.  While I do not think bullying, either in the workplace, 
school or elsewhere, should be accepted, punishment is not likely to be 
helpful in detering it.  What is helpful is teaching the bullied assertive 
techniques and ways to not respond to it.  And, helping those who do bully 
to develop self-value, other focus areas and healthy outlets for their 
insecurities and anger vs. projecting it onto others.

Jessie Rayl
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "peter altschul" <paltschul at centurytel.net>
To: "Discussion list for ACB human service professionals" <acb-hsp at acb.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] Focus Less On Sex Education and More On Character


Hi:

Basically, people bully others if they perceive the victim as
being significantly different from them AND they have low
self-worth or believe that they have to bully in order to be in
the "in group."

As one who has both led and participated in sensitivally
training, I am not a fan of the garden variety type of this
training.  In my experience, there are strategies that work
better than others, but it is worth remembering that most people
going through such training are doing so involuntarily.  My guess
is that "anti-bullying" training fails for the same reason.
Basically, the best way to reduce bullying is for us adubts to
punish the behavior when it occurs, and more imporjantly, reward
the opposite behaviors when they occur.

Best, Peter

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