“Most adults would not dream of belittling, humiliating, or bullying (verbally or physically) another adult. But many of the same adults think nothing of treating their adolescent child like a nonperson. . . . Adolescents deserve the same civility their parents routinely extend to total strangers.” ThinkingChildrenDreamParentAdultsDeserveStrangerBullyingAdolescenceCivilityHumiliatingBelittle Book:You and Your Adolescent, New and Revised edition: The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25 Source: You and Your Adolescent, New and Revised edition: The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25
“My interests lie in nurturing children. That's part of the reason why the bullying thing has become an aspect of my life. I was bullied a lot growing up. I know firsthand the amount of life that is sucked out of you every time that happens, and how it affected me as a young adult.” KnowsChildrenReasonHappensYoungLyingInterestGrowing UpGrowingAmountAdultsAspectYoung AdultReason WhyAffectedBullyingNurturingBullied Author:Tyler Blackburn
“Kids can make a difference by telling an adult about any bullying they see. Kids need to know that they can be helpful in a bad situation if they get help quickly and also they need to stand up for the child that's being bullied.” IfsKnowsNeedsChildrenHelpingKidsDifferencesSituationAdultsMaking A DifferenceHelpfulBullyingBulliedBeing BulliedBad Situations Author:Josh Flitter
“There's a part of me with every book that thinks, What would it have meant for me tohave had this book when I was a kid? I decided to create a book for girls like me. The Littlest Bigfoot is about bullying and body image and girls who don't fit in. It's like training wheels for my adult books - like Sex and the City, but with 12-year-olds.” ThinkingYearsBookBodyKidsGirlSexCitiesFitTrainingAdultsDecidedLike MeWheelsBullyingBody ImageBigfootSex And The CityTraining Wheels Author:Jennifer Weiner
“I believe an adult must intervene. You really have to. Kids just don't have the emotional maturity to deal with bullying and it can be extremely damaging; it can be life-changing. So I see that as a special thing that people need to be very careful in how they handle bullying.” PeopleNeedsBelieveKidsI BelieveDealsSpecialEmotionalAdultsCarefulHandleMaturityLife ChangingBullyingSpecial ThingsEmotional Maturity Author:Megyn Kelly
“Bullying exists because of a lack adult intervention.” AdultsBullyingIntervention Author:Stuart Green
“I grew up in Tennessee, and if you didn't play football, you were a sissy. I got slurs all the time because I was in music and art...I was an outcast in a lot of ways...but everything that you get picked on for or you feel makes you weird is essentially what's going to make you sexy as an adult.” IfsWayFeelsArtPlayFootballGrewGrew UpAdultsSexyBullyingOutcastTennesseeSissySlurs Author:Justin Timberlake