Monthly Archives: August, 2005
Did I Do Something to Deserve This?
No! If you are or have been a target of relational aggression, you did nothing to deserve it. No one has the right to single you out, to be cruel or entice others to have a good laugh at your expense. If you are different, it’s certainly not a crime to be different, and it’s [...]
Could You Be a Queen Bee
My editor asked me to develop a “quiz” on adult relational aggression to go out with the press kit for Mean Girls Grown Up (release date September 23!). Thought it might be a little “lighter” perspective than writing about RA and also a helpful resource to evaluate behavior(s). Exclusive to you: COULD YOU BE A [...]
www.wordscanheal.org
Website Resource: WordsCanHeal.org is a website created to address the damage words can inflict and the power of them to heal. It contains two downloadable kits for the workplace and family, and a downloadable “Words Can Heal” handbook. There is also a pledge you can sign to be more mindful of your words. Goldie Hawn [...]
Cheryl’s Views on Relational Aggression
****Tessa is a seventh grader who is taller and bigger than most of her peers. Since grade school she has been teased and harassed about her size, but now she tells me she isn’t “allowed” to eat lunch in the regular cafeteria because other kids make fun of her. Instead, she eats in the gym [...]
What to Do When Words Become a Weapon
At the heart of relational aggression is some kind of hurtful communication. Somehow, one person intentionally or unintentionally uses words or behavior to wound another. Not a single punch is pulled, but damage is still done. Today, I was looking at the Club Ophelia poster “What to Do When Words Become a Weapon.” It was [...]
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