Deltas and Bridges
How to use signals to help bullies and your child learn how to behave better. In The Bully Vaccine, I teach the use of operant conditioning as a way to …
Do you know what your local anti-bullying law says?
11 elements of good anti-bullying legislation, according to the US government. The United States government through the Department of Health and Human Services has put out a very useful website …
Bullies aren’t very creative
It turns out that almost all verbal bullying (ie: insults) are about 6 basic things. This means that even though bullies like to insult people, they aren’t very creative in their insults. Perhaps if they watched more Monty Python or read the 7 page curse in Tristram Shandy they would be more creative. Of course, if they did those things, they probably wouldn’t be bullies in the first place.
What is a Blowout Like?
Bullies don’t stop just because you asked them nicely. Getting them to stop takes time and they will cycle through what is known as a blow out before they stop. …