Monthly Archives: October, 2007
Empathy starts with you
In watching part of the video yesterday, one thing jumped out at me. The teachers in the video were talking about taking specific steps to help a child develop empathy. In an emotional situation, they asked the child how they felt, what they were feeling. They invited the child to stop and become mindful of [...]
Blog: School Violence and Bullying
I discovered this site, School Violence and Bullying, by Julia Howell, when I was looking through my webstats and saw my blog linked to it. What a pleasant discovery, as I’m sitting on my porch, laptop in hand, enjoying my ice tea on this fall day. It appears to be a new blog, and I’m [...]
Website: Daughters-Sisters.org
This makes me want to move to Washington. A wonderfully revolutionary idea in practice. Not so much anti-bullying, but pro-communication and empowerment within a viable social structure, which is the antidote to all bullying, covert and overt. http://www.daughters-sisters.org/
Trying to Move On in the Aftermath
(This is a recent comment that the author gave me permission to move here as a separate post under her user name. I think it covers some very interesting points and would like to continue the dialog here as a post in its own right, rather than under a post published months ago. Demian~DreamSinger) Hello [...]
The Importance of Speaking Out
Being validated is SO important in dealing with relational aggression, because by its very nature it seeks to cut you off from others, to silence you – either by people turning their backs on you or you being made to look crazy or the bad one when you try to reveal what’s happening. So it’s [...]
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