Do Victims of Bullying Have a Role to play?
A target doesn’t cause bullying, but they can behave in such a way that will make it stop.
A target doesn’t cause bullying, but they can behave in such a way that will make it stop.
Parents, if you were never taught how exactly to get a bully to stop, please learn it. There is a science to it. Yes, an actual science. It’s called behavioral psychology and there is 70+ years of research into the subject.
Getting cranky back at someone who is cranky doesn’t help anyone. This doesn’t mean you let people bully you, just because they are being cranky.
We need to tackle bullying using science. But not just any field of study – behavioral psychology!