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E-mailIt's a family affair
Being in education for 25-plus years, I've seen all kinds of bullying, and there's one factor that is common to all -- a family member, often a parent, is also a bully. A parent or relative could be teasing or taunting another family member, and kids see that this is allowed.
What has made things a lot worse recently is that now we have a national display of bullying by our congressional leaders and other groups such as the Tea Party. Kids see grownups holding signs with racist slurs and pictures, and congressional members calling each other names. What else are kids to think but that bullying is OK? Everyone does it. Fox News hosts and radio shock jocks make tons of money by doing this daily.
Civility has been lost and bullying has taken over in political debate. Maybe the kids of today will be the ones to finally put an end to these very negative and vicious acts. I can only hope and pray that they will rise above this disgraceful practice. Bullying destroys not only the victims, but ends up destroying the souls of the bullies.
Being in education for 25-plus years, I've seen all kinds of bullying, and there's one factor that is common to all -- a family member, often a parent, is also a bully. A parent or relative could be teasing or taunting another family member, and kids see that this is allowed.
What has made things a lot worse recently is that now we have a national display of bullying by our congressional leaders and other groups such as the Tea Party. Kids see grownups holding signs with racist slurs and pictures, and congressional members calling each other names. What else are kids to think but that bullying is OK? Everyone does it. Fox News hosts and radio shock jocks make tons of money by doing this daily.
Civility has been lost and bullying has taken over in political debate. Maybe the kids of today will be the ones to finally put an end to these very negative and vicious acts. I can only hope and pray that they will rise above this disgraceful practice. Bullying destroys not only the victims, but ends up destroying the souls of the bullies.
Priscilla Dayton Wisnewski, Plano
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