Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 3, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free october As attacks can have lasting effects some schools go on offensive against bullies of of m 4k signs of a victim Al Kwh to stits arid Hwy to Rytow of Futter Cima w Vic Fottis Fly Fly to Fomb Bibit Nave Low Seibs Reetta Ana May cry in Wei wow it vol w overweight Are not i Vic fifties 6f Sis 6raft Ren Tawf lasting victimisation staff reporter some Manitoba schools have taken Steps to Stop bullying by such As the kind that led to an English schoolgirl committing suicide sunday the overweight 13yearold Derby girl took a fatal overdose of her parents sleeping pills after she told them she take the taunts of her schoolmates in Winnipeg school Divi Sion statistics show 15 to 20 per cent of students Are involved in a victim bully the victimization can be one of every 12 school dropouts reported fear As the reason for bullying can Range from using threats to get students to do other Stu dents to making fun of clothes and to extorting its an Issue that most kids dont talk said Gordon executive director of teen touch that girl in Britain didst talk about it because its embarrassing and kids think they should be Able to handle it can be even worse for children if they do say he you get the bully into trouble and youve had Alvare said the teen touch line took 165 Calls last year from children complaining about physical schoolyard bullying int something society should accept As part of child Hood because victims of bul lies end up carrying a Host of problems into said Christine Sim director of counselling for the National kids help the line gets Calls a Day but staff can handle Only of those 10 per Dettt Are about for we operated on the belief that kids needed to fend for them f think weve Learned that bul lying is the Root of a lot of said its very it can Lead to substance abuse or kids getting into Odd groups in the Community like gangs or Quirky religious groups because they Arent accepted in main Stream although bullying has been around society attitude toward it has were becoming less tolerant of Simmon Physick it Falls into the category of abuse and its and in the Long run its costly to its downright of Manitoba is school 25 have codes of conduct for Many of the codes say students will be suspended for physical or verbal and abusive language and aggressive behaviour Are a accept Grant principal of Prairie Rose elementary school in said his school has very few incidents of bullying because the parents and staff developed a list of Stu dents beliefs about what kind of school they the students said they wanted a Safe school where students would be respectful of everyone and everything and treat everyone that How we do things around Sorensen theres no in my its just com Mon if children see others being they Are told to say we Don t do that m 6 Fri have few 6t fid Ofteli aft to old fat the if of Naff i ethnicity an appear to be factors in me mating 6 a a chronic bully is Effim w angst fifth use has a need to dominate it Al shows Little empathy far Fht age me Mere Likely tray w6 it get into trouble with the few As and were less Able to finish College and have Good they tend to use emotional Antl psychological a bully at school is often a victim parents of bullies often punish according to mood and offer minimal Praise and what can parents do watch for victims May be experience a drop in show a loss of be hesitant to go to school or come Home with torn clothes and unexplained be suspicious if your child needs extra lunch bully May be extorting things your child communicate but dont encourage your child to talk about school and social inform school officials immediately of any bullying record dates and times to show school officials a pattern May be devel teach your child to be not do not Tell your child to fight Back or ignore teach Dren to defend themselves ghz Luenge the factory has challenged us to sell 2oo cars trucks within Days we never Back Down 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