Bullying has been a topic I've been interested since encountering it as a teacher at the start of my conventional teaching career. I was struck by how common it is experience bullying... And how sadly ineffective we've been at curbing peer on peer violence.

In this podcast I'll explore how bullying and aggression are related, circumstances that lead to youth engaging in aggression and bullying, characteristics of bullying victims, what doesn't work to lessen bullying and what does.

This is such a big topic and I'm truly just sharing an overview based on my understanding of the bullying and aggression using nonviolent communication, brain science (influenced by Dan Siegel and Gordon Neufeld), and my experience teaching kids about boundaries and consent.

I have a few links to share too. The first link is the statistic I quoted in the podcast and the rest were part of my research.

There are so many tangents to pursue with this topic, I just might revisit it again one day.

Thanks for listening,
Erin

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Resources:
https://www.nveee.org/statistics/
https://wallethub.com/edu/e/best-worst-states-at-controlling-bullying/9920#expert=Stephanie_S._Fredrick
https://www.ditchthelabel.org/research-papers/the-annual-bullying-survey-2020/
https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/bllng-prvntn/index-en.aspx