Sunday, May 25, 2014
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Dealing with Bullies by Dr. Phil
Dealing with Bullies
Dr. Phil's guest, Katie, doesn't understand why she's picked on by girls in the neighborhood. It's gotten so bad that she's even asked her mom if they can move. Dr. Phil offers some advice to Katie, her mother, and to any parent or child dealing with bullying.Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Monday, May 19, 2014
Anti-Bullying Blog Quote of the Day!
People say sticks and stones may break your bones, but names can never hurt you, but that’s not true. Words can hurt. They hurt me. Things were said to me that I still haven’t forgotten.
Thursday, May 15, 2014
30 Greatest Bullying Quotes
Here are the top 30 quotes about bullying.
1) “When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.” – Chris Colfer
2) “Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.” – Andrew Vachss
3) “With ignorance comes fear – from fear comes bigotry. Education is the key to acceptance.” –Kathleen Patel
4) “All I wanted to do was go back inside to the library and read a book.I used to spend all my time reading books, or watching television. It was safe. Nobody ever was hurt or teased or looked stupid while reading books or watching television.” – Kathryn Magendie
5) “What if the kid you bullied at school, grew up, and turned out to be the only surgeon who could save your life?” – Lynette Mather
6) “Bullying builds character like nuclear waste creates superheroes. It’s a rare occurrence and often does much more damage than endowment.” – Zack W. Van
7) “The common mistake that bullies make is assuming that because someone is nice that he or she is weak. Those traits have nothing to do with each other. In fact, it takes considerable strength and character to be a good person.” – Mary Elizabeth Williams
8) “Often the right path is the one that may be hardest for you to follow. But the hard path is also the one that will make you grow as a human being.” – Karen Mueller Coombs
9) “When you hold people up for ridicule, you have to take responsibility when other people act on it.” – Jay Asher
10) “If there are no heros to save you, then you be the hero” – Denpa Kyoshi
11) “By the time I came out, that kind of stopped it. The bullying stopped when I claimed myself and proved that I wasn’t afraid. A lot of it was when I was hiding when I was younger.” – Randy Harrison
12) “Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.” – Benjamin Disraeli
13) “The bullying was hideous and relentless, and we turned it round by making ourselves celebrities.” – Julian Clary
14) “Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” – Judy Garland
15) “It is our choices … that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” – J.K Rowling
16) “Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” – William James
17) “He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.” – Lao Tzu
18) “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
19) “He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.” – Louisa May Alcott
20) “Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
21) “You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.” – Leonardo da Vinci
22) “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” – Winston Churchill
23) “People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.” – George Carlin
24) “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
25) “Bullying consists of the least competent most aggressive employee projecting their incompetence on to the least aggressive most competent employee and winning.” – Tim Field
26) “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.” – Tim Fields
27) “A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That’s where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It’s having backbone.” – Robert Kiyosaki
28) “I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: ‘The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that’s fair.’ In these words he epitomized the history of the human race.” – Bertrand Russell
29) “You will never reach higher ground if you are always pushing others down.” – Jeffrey Benjamin
30) “Liston is like most big bullies, if you can stay away and make him miss for a few rounds he’ll get frustrated. Once you strip away that feeling of invincibility, he can be had.” – Rocky Marciano
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Fosston Elementary Bullying: Anna Cymbaluk
Video of an 8-year-old girl's heartbreaking account of being bullied has gone viral, garnering more than 22,000 views in just a 24-hour period. Sarah Cymbaluk filmed her daughter Anna's testimony after getting bullied.
Bullying may have long-term health consequences
Bullied children may experience chronic, systemic inflammation that persists into adulthood, while bullies may actually reap health benefits of increasing their social status through bullying, according to researchers at Duke Medicine.
"Our findings look at the biological consequences of bullying, and by studying a marker of inflammation, provide a potential mechanism for how this social interaction can affect later health functioning," said William E. Copeland, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University School of Medicine and the study's lead author.The study, conducted in collaboration with the University of Warwick, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Emory University, is published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of May 12, 2014.
Earlier studies have suggested that victims of childhood bullying suffer social and emotional consequences into adulthood, including increases in anxiety and depression. Yet, bullied children also report health problems, such as pain and illness susceptibility, which may extend beyond psychological outcomes.
"Among victims of bullying, there seems to be some impact on health status in adulthood," Copeland said. "In this study, we asked whether childhood bullying can get 'under the skin' to affect physical health."
Copeland and his colleagues used data from the Great Smoky Mountains Study, a robust, population-based study that has gathered information on 1,420 individuals for more than 20 years. Individuals were randomly selected to participate in the prospective study, and therefore were not at a higher risk of mental illness or being bullied.
Participants were interviewed throughout childhood, adolescence and young adulthood, and among other topics, were asked about their experiences with bullying. The researchers also collected small blood samples to look at biological factors. Using the blood samples, the researchers measured C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of low-grade inflammation and a risk factor for health problems including metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease.
"CRP levels are affected by a variety of stressors, including poor nutrition, lack of sleep and infection, but we've found that they are also related to psychosocial factors," Copeland said. "By controlling for participants' pre-existing CRP levels, even before involvement in bullying, we get a clearer understanding of how bullying could change the trajectory of CRP levels."
Three groups of participants were analyzed: victims of bullying, those who were both bullies and victims, and those who were purely bullies. Although CRP levels rose for all groups as they entered adulthood, victims of childhood bullying had much higher CRP levels as adults than the other groups. In fact, the CRP levels increased with the number of times the individuals were bullied.
Young adults who had been both bullies and victims as children had CRP levels similar to those not involved in bullying, while bullies had the lowest CRP – even lower than those uninvolved in bullying. Thus, being a bully and enhancing one's social status through this interaction may protect against increases in the inflammatory marker.
While bullying is more common and perceived as less harmful than childhood abuse or maltreatment, the findings suggest that bullying can disrupt levels of inflammation into adulthood, similar to what is seen in other forms of childhood trauma.
"Our study found that a child's role in bullying can serve as either a risk or a protective factor for low-grade inflammation," Copeland said. "Enhanced social status seems to have a biological advantage. However, there are ways children can experience social success aside from bullying others."
The researchers concluded that reducing bullying, as well as reducing inflammation among victims of bullying, could be key targets for promoting physical and emotional health and lessening the risk for diseases associated with inflammation.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Bystander Revolution: Nina Dobrev | Effects of Bullying
What kind of ripple effects does bullying have? How far does the negative energy reach? Thoughts and solutions from actress Nina Dobrev.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
STRAIN (Anti-bullying Silent Short Film)
ABOUT THE FILM:
Two best friends have a deadly falling out when one of them joins a dangerous clique.
Childhood best friends (Michelle Page and Cali Fredrichs) hit emotional crossroads when only one is chosen to join the popular clique in high school (Francia Raisa). The friendship tries to survive — in secret. But on the night of the big Spring Formal, loyalties are tested, ties are severed and friendships end with devastating consequences.
Directed, Written, Produced by Yin Chang
Produced by Deb Havener, Chadwick Armstrong
Executive Produced by Deb Havener, Jason Berrent, Yin Chang
Co-Produced by Lauren Brown
Associate Produced by Lelina Chang, Melora Chang, Aimee Teegarden
Starring (in order of appearance) Francia Raisa, Michelle Page, Cali Fredrichs, Micky Shiloah
Director of Photography by Chia-Yu Chen
Edited by Robert Lee
Music by Patrick Rundbladh
Saturday, November 9, 2013
LeBron James On Bullying
LeBron James and Heat coach Erik Spoelstra weigh in on hazing and the Miami Dolphins' situation.
Bullying: Tips for Students
This checklist provides suggestions for what kids can do when bullying occurs – written for students being bullied, students who witness bullying and the bullies themselves.
If you are being bullied...
Reach Out
Reach Out
Tell an adult. Sometimes you may have to tell more than one trusted adult.
Ask your friends to help you. There is safety in numbers.
Practice what to say the next time you're bullied with your parents, teachers or friends.
Be Cool in the Moment
Stay calm and confident. Don't show the bully that you're sad or mad.
Ignore the bully and walk away.
Remember: Fighting back can make bullying worse.
Change the School Community
Work with others to stop bully behavior; your whole school will benefit.
Remember: A lot of kids have to cope with bullying. You are not alone. No one deserves to be bullied.
If you witness bullying...
Interrupt It
Interrupt It
Stand next to, or speak up for, the person being bullied.
Ask the bully to stop.
Comfort the person being bullied and offer friendship.
Get Help
Walk away and get help.
Find an adult who can intervene.
If you are the bully...
Make a Commitment to Change
Make a Commitment to Change
Talk to an adult, like a teacher or parent, about how to get along with others.
Ask a friend to help you stop your bully behavior.
Apologize to the kids you have bullied.
Focus on Empathy and Responsibility
Think about what it feels like to be bullied -- would you want to be treated that way?
Before you speak, think about whether your words will help or hurt another student.
Change Your Behavior
Resist peer pressure to bully.
If you start to bully, walk away and find something else to do.
Remember: You don't have to like everyone around you, but you have to treat everyone with respect.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Great Anti-Bullying Quotes
1) “When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.” – Chris Colfer
2) “Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.” –Andrew Vachss
3) “With ignorance comes fear – from fear comes bigotry. Education is the key to acceptance.” –Kathleen Patel
4) “All I wanted to do was go back inside to the library and read a book.I used to spend all my time reading books, or watching television. It was safe. Nobody ever was hurt or teased or looked stupid while reading books or watching television.” – Kathryn Magendie
5) “What if the kid you bullied at school, grew up, and turned out to be the only surgeon who could save your life?” – Lynette Mather
6) “Bullying builds character like nuclear waste creates superheroes. It’s a rare occurrence and often does much more damage than endowment.” – Zack W. Van
7) “The common mistake that bullies make is assuming that because someone is nice that he or she is weak. Those traits have nothing to do with each other. In fact, it takes considerable strength and character to be a good person.” – Mary Elizabeth Williams
8) “Often the right path is the one that may be hardest for you to follow. But the hard path is also the one that will make you grow as a human being.” – Karen Mueller Coombs
9) “When you hold people up for ridicule, you have to take responsibility when other people act on it.” – Jay Asher
10) “If there are no heros to save you, then you be the hero” – Denpa Kyoshi
11) “By the time I came out, that kind of stopped it. The bullying stopped when I claimed myself and proved that I wasn’t afraid. A lot of it was when I was hiding when I was younger.” – Randy Harrison
12) “Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.” – Benjamin Disraeli
13) “The bullying was hideous and relentless, and we turned it round by making ourselves celebrities.” –Julian Clary
14) “Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” – Judy Garland
15) “It is our choices … that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” – J.K Rowling
16) “Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” – William James
17) “He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.” – Lao Tzu
18) “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
19) “He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.” –Louisa May Alcott
20) “Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
21) “You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.” – Leonardo da Vinci
22) “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” –Winston Churchill
23) “People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.” – George Carlin
24) “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
25) “Bullying consists of the least competent most aggressive employee projecting their incompetence on to the least aggressive most competent employee and winning.” – Tim Field
26) “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.” – Tim Fields
27) “A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That’s where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It’s having backbone.” – Robert Kiyosaki
28) “I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: ‘The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that’s fair.’ In these words he epitomized the history of the human race.” – Bertrand Russell
29) “You will never reach higher ground if you are always pushing others down.” – Jeffrey Benjamin
30) “Liston is like most big bullies, if you can stay away and make him miss for a few rounds he’ll get frustrated. Once you strip away that feeling of invincibility, he can be had.” – Rocky Marciano
Bullied Kid Turns Survivor
As part of our continuing series "Assignment America," Steve Hartman takes a look at bullying in America, and speaks to a victim of bullying - and the bullier, who has had a change of heart.
Hey - Short Film on Bullying
This short film is about this kid, John, who gets bullied at school everyday. The video shows just an average day. This is for my MYP Personal Project.
