Tue, 09 Jan 2018 08:08:48 +0000 A CONCERNED parent asked me why I was dwelling on such a negative and unpleasant topic as school bullying. I took time to find out why the parent was uncomfortable and interestingly, I found out that he was once a big time school bully in his hey days. Consequences of school bullying may linger on in adult life if not properly taken care of when one is a child and that is why we need to know all about it so that we can arrest it in childhood. Last week, I wrote about forms of school bullying manifesting in physical, emotional, verbal, sexual and cyber form. Today, I will attempt to take a deeper look into school bullying so that parents, teachers and all stakeholders can comfortably tackle the problem from a well informed position. What usually happens is that stakeholders concentrate on rehabilitating the victim and “praise” the […]
