The Truth About Bullies

Episode 24- The Rivka Tucker Interview


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-50 reasons for lack of concentration and only one is neurological -Uncovered stories of bullying in many of her cases, felt unequipped to help -Has bullying always existed in the orthodox Jewish community, or is it a by-product of modern stressors? -Perhaps the difference between then and now is that this generation is made up of "marshmallows" -Izzy's favorite technique: answering with the opposite compliment -Izzy's explanation why bullying is such an issue in the orthodox Jewish community -In orthodox world, mothers prone to discouraging children from sharing for fear of accomplices to slander. In secular world, mothers prone to getting overly involved. -With learning disabled children, the technique must be drilled -The difficulty breaking through in Israel -Feeling very outcast as an orthodox Jewish child in a non-Jewish school in Holland. -Discovering, thanks to a remedial reading course, that you can be smart and yet not know how to read. -Izzy and Rivka's common ground as second generation to Holocaust survivors

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The Truth About BulliesBy Izzy C. Kalman