The Deadliest Art?

I can’t remember laughing so hard.  Enjoy.

An A+ In Fantasy & Gibberish

From Seacoast Online ( http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20100122-NEWS-1220321) Brianna Hartford, a sophomore at Littleton High School, sees change in New Hampshire schools. She sees all students being welcome, their differences embraced and accepted, and every student has friends and a sense of belonging. Okay.  She’s a kid.  A hopeful, trusting, idealistic kid.  I get it. “Bullying is an [...]

4 Myths About Bullying & 1 Important Truth

There are as many opinions about bullying as there are about politics. And everyone certainly has the right to their point of view.  But opinions that aren’t based on solid information, empirical facts, or significant personal experience are worthless. Violent video games & Violent TV causes bullying Over the years, the number of television shows [...]

South Jersey Jihad

http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20100104/NEWS01/1040325/1006/Bullying-policy-long-overdue It seems as if the Garwood family of New Jersey is going through some problems.  Tariq, age 12, is being teased and roughed up at school. They have retained an attorney to represent them against the local school board. In response, the city of  Camden has approved a beefier anti-bullying policy and has mandated [...]

Out-Smart A Bully? Good Luck!

If your child is being teased or harassed, there are several  strategies they can use to shut their bully down.  Of course, some are more effective than others. “Outsmart the bully” is a piece of advice often given by well meaning parents to their distressed kids.  On the surface, it seems like a good plan [...]

Nuttiness From Austrailia

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/please-dont-send-me-back-to-school-begged-young-jade-reardon/story-e6freuy9-1225817865250 The story from the Daily Telegraph opens: A WEEK after student Jai Morcom was fatally bashed over a lunch table at Mullumbimby High School, 13-year-old Jade Reardon was begging her mum not to send her back to school. She had spent two weeks at home terrified of a bully at Gorokan High, on the [...]

School-Based Anti-Bullying Programs – The D.A.R.E. Example

There are scores of different anti-bully programs being run in schools throughout America and hundreds more competing for a share of the market.  Which ones have the winning track record of proven results? Before we take a look at the record, let’s take examine the  D.A.R.E. program for a parallel example. The anti-drug movement was [...]

“you need to become resigned…” What?!

http://www.gastongazette.com/articles/son-42433-boys-gets.html In the advice column in the  ‘Life’ section of the Gaston Gazette, you can find this interesting question and answer. In a nutshell, a home-schooling mom is worried about her 7-year old son. At a gathering they attend once a week, some other boys are becoming very aggressive. None of the other parents say [...]

Welcome

As my sainted grandmother used to ask, “What makes you such a maven?”  She always used to stump me with that one- but now I actually do have a pretty good answer. Becoming a “Sensei” isn’t something I set out to do.  I just loved training. As my skills developed, others pointed out that I [...]