The Truth About Bullies

Episode 23- The Ana Maria Andreu interview


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-Anna Maria browses 300 bullying programs to try to help her daughter who was attacked in the bathroom -Guatemala, 1982: The army deposes the president; Anna Maria has a tank pointed at her building; parents send her and her siblings away, but stay at home to safeguard the house. -Anna Maria has her patients guess why she was bullied- not the partial paralysis of her face, but rather, big ears -The source of Anna Maria's bullying at school- damage to her self-esteem at home -Anna Maria demands to be moved to a new school- and the bullying stops -Anna Maria marries a man not suited to her because he's the first person to say "I love you." -Anna Maria helps her daughter turn her 6 assaulters into friends. -Anna Maria's daughter becomes a coach on how to make friends. -Research shows Latin American countries have some of the highest rates of bullying in the world.

-When the stars aligned for Ana Maria to bring Bullies To Buddies to her school.

-Ana Maria "cures" a teasing victim in one conversation.

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The Truth About BulliesBy Izzy C. Kalman