I really need to decide if I am going to blog as I begin my day, or as it ends. Maybe if I commit to one or the other I will get more consistent. I have a very busy day ahead of me. It starts with three presentations in Red Bluff. Let me correct that it starts with going to my office in Redding, where I have left my projector. I realized it as I desperately tried to fall asleep oh so few hours ago.
I have decided to make this blog primarily about bullying and various disabilities. There is no doubt that bullying has escalated in occurrences and severity over the last several years. It probably isn't surprising either, that numbers are much higher for those with disabilities.
Whose responsibility is it? The schools? The parents? The community? Does it matter? Obviously there more that step up to the plate the better. However, the ones with the most influence to make a difference is their peers. The majority of kids are not bullies. They are bystanders. If those kids are given the tools to be "allies", they would have the power not to allow bullying behavior in their schools, or in their communities. Imagine what that could do for those kids as they grow up. I can think of many adults who do not have the skills to set expectations of how they will be treated by their peers. Also, the bullies- let them while they are young the adverse effects by their peers of their bad behavior. Powerful.
I have decided to make this blog primarily about bullying and various disabilities. There is no doubt that bullying has escalated in occurrences and severity over the last several years. It probably isn't surprising either, that numbers are much higher for those with disabilities.
Whose responsibility is it? The schools? The parents? The community? Does it matter? Obviously there more that step up to the plate the better. However, the ones with the most influence to make a difference is their peers. The majority of kids are not bullies. They are bystanders. If those kids are given the tools to be "allies", they would have the power not to allow bullying behavior in their schools, or in their communities. Imagine what that could do for those kids as they grow up. I can think of many adults who do not have the skills to set expectations of how they will be treated by their peers. Also, the bullies- let them while they are young the adverse effects by their peers of their bad behavior. Powerful.
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