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Avoiding A “Casey Heynes Bullying Incident”
Casey’s bully story could have been any boy’s story. The country is reeling from this video footage because the video speaks volumes more louder than words and what can really happen in playgrounds all over Australia has been now shown to the world.
This story fuelled a great debate amongst parents and professionals as to what Casey did was right or wrong. I’m not entering my own views as that is not what I’m writing this article for.
What would be more productive to...
Reduce the Chances of Bullying
I am not an idealist and expect to eradicate bullying – there is always a hero, which means there has to be a villain. But I was shocked to learn that with all the Social Acceptance Programs and Bullying Behaviour Management Strategies implemented in schools today bullying statistics have increased!
Here are two statistics* that stood out for me:
1. School violence has decreased 4% BUT bullying has increased by 5%
Between 1999 and 2001 bullying started to increase and in 2005-2006 86% of...
