It is important for parents to know how to manage a bullying report from their children. Many parents encourage the victim to react aggressively to the bullies. This is not good advice, unless, of course, as in my case, the victims are physically attacked, and must defend themselves. Otherwise, it
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Young people suffer greatly as a result of bullying in school
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When I was a school Principal, my colleagues, a few parents, a few students and I drew up an anti-bullying policy, and I had to intervene in some bullying episodes involving boys or girls. It always took much longer to sort out bullying by females. They tended to bring victims’
Bullies are cowards.
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As with workplace abuse, school bullying can be physical, psychological, verbal, and sexual, or a combination of all four. It may involve one child bullying another, a group of children against a single child, or groups against other groups. It is cruel, and involves a lack of compassion, and a
It is always worth considering leaving an abusive workplace
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Governments all over the world have passed anti-bullying legislation, with various degrees of success. However, legislation will not change the abusive personality type, and it will not lower company expectation of high profits or peak performances. It is important that you acquaint yourself with the legislation of your country. Counsellors,
Victims of workplace abuse must confront it immediately
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There is a responsibility on employers and employees alike to confront workplace abuse. Targets should confront it in the early stages before they fall prey to these pernicious consequences. A plan for confronting and surviving workplace bullies includes replacing negative self-talk with positive affirmations, and accessing the network of support
workplace bullying is very destructive and causes years of distress
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The consequences of workplace bullying are horrific. In the course of my counselling work, I am always disturbed at the acute stress and demoralisation workplace victims endure. They suffer physically, mentally and financially. Their behaviour changes as they sink into anxiety and depression. As in Anna’s case, the bullies image
Citizens can be bullied by government
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Economic recessions encourage an abusive national outlook. Listening to commentators and callers on the national airwaves in Ireland during the savage downturn, which began in 2009, is disturbing. One participant had a very specific ‘cure’, when discussing productivity and efficiency in the public service on the television programme, ‘Questions and
When you are bullied by a group of people
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Bullying by individuals is very damaging, but mob bullying can bring increased trauma. Margaret Kohut reveals how she was mob bullied within the US armed forces. Mobbing is a collective campaign by co-workers to exclude, punish and humiliate a worker to push them out of an organisation. This widespread behaviour
SUBORDINATES CAN BE BULLIES AS WELL AS MANAGERS
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Managers and supervisors account for 80% of bullying, which manifests as shouting or insulting subordinates. However, bosses can be bullied, too. Having authority does not always mean having the power to match. For example, research in Ireland shows that a significant number of primary school principals are victims of bullying
Bullying is widespread in the work place and causes great distress to those who suffer it
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It is important to recognise the wide variety of abusive behaviours in the workplace. They range from verbal, emotional, physical, and sexual to financial, all designed to exert power and control. Emotional bullying is the hardest to prove, which is why it is likely to be the most common. It
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