Last month was Bullying Prevention Month, last week Northview students attended a seminar about bullying during Flex, and earlier this week, Governor Branstad hosted the second Bullying Prevention Summit. Student-on-student cruelty his a huge issue, and it's on everyone's minds.
All of these efforts are so important, but I also keep thinking about this article I read a couple years ago in the New York Times editorial pages. The authors are researchers who have studied the language behind bullying, and this interesting op-ed piece talks about how the word "bullying" may be getting in the way of the conversation.
Read their reflections based on their research data, and share your thoughts below in the comments. Is what teens call "drama" actually bullying? Does the word "bullying" turn teens away from facing the reality of peer cruelty that they do witness and experience?
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