| Children from abusive homes can indeed go
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| | teens is beaten so badly during
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| on to bully--bullying is a sign of
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| | adolescence that he requires medical
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| abuse--but not all abused children become
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| | attention.- religious beliefs are
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| bullies and not all bullies come from
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| | considered deserving of contempt or
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| abusive homes. There are other factors
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| | inferior
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| that can determine whether or not a child
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| | - a child who is bright, talented,
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| will go on to bully:- the child's
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| | gifted
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| temperament
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| | - a child who does not conform to what
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| - lack of supervision (NOTE: bullies
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| | is considered the "norm"
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| require constant supervision)
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| | - a child who is unusually fat, thin,
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| - the social climate at schoolOn
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| | short, tallSTAT: According to Pepler &
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| average, children and youth spend about 6
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| | Craig (1997), young girls were more
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| hours a day in school. It is the only
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| | afraid of becoming fat than they were of
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| place that children are brought together
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| | nuclear war, cancer or losing their
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| in large numbers for extended periods of
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| | parents.- a child who wears braces or
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| time on a regular basis. Within the
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| | glasses
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| society of school, children and youth try
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| | - has acne or any other visible skin
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| to fit in, often by joining in peer group
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| | condition
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| circles and cliques. This society within
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| | - has a physical or developmental/mental
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| a society makes schools highly
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| | disability
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| susceptible to bullying.According to the
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| | - just being at the wrong place at the
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| British Columbia Ministry of Education
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| | wrong timeANYONE can be a target for
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| (2000), most bullying happens in or close
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| | bullying; and boys and girls are equally
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| to the school building. Some statistics
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| | likely to be victims.There are school
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| reflect that more than 90% of bullying
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| | administrators who believe that their
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| occurs either in the school or on the
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| | school does not have a bullying problem.
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| school playground.Bullying and harassment
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| | This is another myth. ALL schools have
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| have historically and traditionally been
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| | bullying problems. Perhaps liability
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| considered rites of passage, something
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| | issues enter into the mix, or perhaps
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| all children and youth must go through as
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| | they really do believe the claim. The
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| part of the growing up process. This is a
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| | following statistics dispell that
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| myth.In the past 20 years or so, bullying
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| | claim:STAT: An international study done
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| and harassment have received
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| | for Health Canada in 1999 reflected that
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| international attention, due in part to
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| | 56% of boys and 40% of girls in grades 6
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| children and youth who commit suicide as
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| | and 8 had bullied someone that year.STAT:
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| a result of being a victim of relentless
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| | In that same 1999 international study,
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| bullying and their inability to cope.
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| | 43% of boys and 35% of girls said they
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| There have been enough incidents' of
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| | had been bullied in that
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| children committing suicide because of
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| | year.STAT:According to Pepler & Craig
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| incessant bullying that a phrase has been
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| | (2000), 71% of teachers said they usually
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| coined for it: bullycide.Canada, in fact,
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| | intervene in bullying episodes; 25% of
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| just the province of British Columbia,
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| | students said teachers intervene.This
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| the province in which I reside, has its
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| | last statistic tells us that teachers are
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| share of internationally-known bullying
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| | unaware of just how much bullying is
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| victims:November 2000, in Mission,
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| | going on in schools. If teachers are
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| British Columbia: Dawn Marie Wesley, 14
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| | unaware of the problem, they are not in a
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| years old, hanged herself in her bedroom
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| | position to intervene. Without
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| with her dog's leash. In her suicide
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| | intervention, bullies will not cease
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| note, she named 3 girls at school who had
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| | their violent behaviour. Left unchecked,
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| tormented and threatened her.March 2000,
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| | as the bully gets older, the bullying
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| Surrey, British Columbia: Hamed Nastoh,
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| | behaviour escalates to harassment.For
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| 14 years old, leapt off the Patullo
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| | more on harassment, check out my article
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| Bridge after he left a 5-page suicide
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| | titled Bullying vs. Harassment.To
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| note that detailed the relentless
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| | summarize, children from abusive homes
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| bullying he endured.November 1997,
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| | sometimes exhibit bullying behaviours.
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| Victoria, British Columbia: Rena Virk, 14
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| | These children are either lashing out, or
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| years old, was bullied, attacked and
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| | they are trying to gain control of the
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| beaten unconscious by 7 girls and 1
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| | people around them because they have no
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| boy--all schoolmates--and then brutally
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| | control otherwise. But child abuse is not
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| murdered. What was particularly startling
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| | the only governing factor here. A child's
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| in this case was the fact that hundreds
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| | disposition, a lack of supervision and
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| of students knew about the cruel and
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| | guidance, and the school environment also
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| relentless taunting, and even of Rena's
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| | play a role.Yes, child abuse can lead to
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| death before someone finally reported her
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| | bullying, but bullying isn't always the
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| death to the police.April 1997, Nanaimo,
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| | result of child abuse.RESOURCES: is a
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| British Columbia: A grade-4 student
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| | site that details the four types of child
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| pulled a knife on another student who was
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| | abuse (emotional, physical, sexual, and
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| taunting him. He'd been dealing with
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| | neglect); signs, effects and statistics
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| torment by his peers for over a year.
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| | for each; sexual abuse victims, including
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| After the knife incident, the boy and his
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| | victims with disabilities; sex offenders,
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| family were ordered to take an anger
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| | including female, child, adolescent, and
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| management course. The school took no
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| | Internet offenders; laws governing child
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| immediate action with the children who
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| | abuse; intervention; prevention; plus a
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| bullied him.How prevalent is bullying and
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| | forum to write your own child abuse
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| harassment in Canada?1 in 5 children is
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| | story.RELATED PAGES AND ARTICLES: titled:
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| bullied; 1 in 12 youth are regularly
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| | Bullying vs. HarassmentDarlene Barriere's
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| harassed in school by other students
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| | On My Own Terms, A Memoir, a book about
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| (Gladue, 1999).Risk factors for
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| | surviving the effects of child abuse, is
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| bullying:- submissiveness
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| | now available for download in PDF e-book
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| - shy, reserved, quiet, sensitive
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| | format at have permission to publish
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| - the youngest or smallest
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| | this article electronically or in print,
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| - a child unwilling to fight
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| | free of charge, as long as all bylines
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| - a child who wears clothes that are
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| | and live hyperlinks are included.- 30
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| considered unfashionable
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| | -Darlene Barriere Copyright 2006Darlene
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| - a child who exhibits annoying
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| | Barriere is a certified violence and
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| behaviours
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| | abuse prevention educator with the
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| - a child who expresses emotions quickly
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| | Canadian Red Cross. She conducts
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| - being the new kid on the block
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| | workshops with youth and adults on the
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| - a child who has been previously
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| | subject of child abuse, bullying and
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| traumatized
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| | harassment, violence in sports, and
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| - being rich or poor
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| | relationship violence. She has written a
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| - a different ethnicity
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| | book detailing how she overcame the
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| - gender/sexual orientation is seen as
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| | devastating effects of child abuse (for
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| deserving of contempt or inferiorSTAT:
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| | download site, see under Related Pages).
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| According to Egan (2000), 1 in 6 gay
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