hey ... victims of drunk drivers ... stop whining ... just because madd sponsors an ad with a celebrity telling us not to drink and drive ... it's gonna happen anyways ... suck it up and deal with your loss ... man up ...
But, I also believe we live in a cry baby society. I do believe that parents need to man up first and teach their children how to do the same. This does not involve solving problems with celebrities on PSAs, nor does it involve solving problems by delegating responsibility to other non-vested parties. Clearly you believe we can somehow solve the problem through PSAs and delegating personal parental responsibility to other sources.... if so, I'm glad I'm not your child.
This could easily be misconstrued as you suggesting that they take it into their own hands and physically fight back....which is another interesting argument. My Dad used to say, just knock him out (bullies) before they get to you. Of course, I never took that advice, and it would likely get a kid in more trouble today than it used to.
I suppose I can see why you'd think that, but that's not what I meant. Look - if someone is physically harming your child, like beating them up, that's completely different. You should report that because by definition it's abuse. What I meant when I said that was in regards to a different kind of bullying... name calling and whatnot. That sort of thing can be diffused quickly. You can learn how to do that. Bullies are often very insecure. So, if you know how to deal with that once they begin picking on you, say through humor, you'll often find that you minimize the problem.
It's just logical. Bottom line - teach your child to stand up for themselves is what I'm advocating. If it's abuse, standing up for one's self can be as simple as disclosing information.
Ok, I get it. And your post above this one was good too.
But to generally say that a PSA campaign on anti-bullying is a waste is incorrect. My boss used to work with an organization that touted anti-bullying measures and I spoke to many of the people involved. Awareness is a good thing sometimes, and while it might not prevent a lot of bullying, if it stops just one, its worth it. They arent always celebrity fronted cheesy commercials, they extend into the schools. Many of them encourage kids to report or step in and help when a classmate, such as in the story Brian told, is being bullied.
But, in the end, you're right, many bullies are just insecure kids who have parents that lack the skills to raise their kid right.
If there was a pattern it would be disturbing. This is a non-issue.
Most Americans by far dismiss the relevance of accusations that Mitt Romney bullied a high-school classmate, calling it off-point in the election debate - and indicating they'd say the same about Barack Obama's behavior as a high-school student, as well.
Three-quarters in this ABC News/Washington Post poll say the account of Romney's high school behavior is not a serious matter, about as many say it doesn't provide relevant information on his character, and nearly all - 90 percent - say it's not a major factor in their vote preference.
While those are direct assessments, there could nonetheless be slight indirect impacts. Obama leads Romney on having "the better personal character to serve as president," and, controlling for other variables, both this view, and vote preference overall, are independently predicted by the belief that the bullying issue is a serious one. But the effect in each case is minor compared with many other predictors.
Most Americans, in any case, see the general approach as inappropriate: Seventy-five percent in this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates, say it's unfair to bring up things a political candidate did in high school. Given the context of the bullying story, 89 percent of Republicans say so; that slips to 73 percent of independents and 66 percent of Democrats.
Further, 72 percent think the specific bullying incident, first reported by The Washington Post, does not provide useful information about Romney's character. That, too, engenders partisan divisions: Almost all Republicans (94 percent) think the incident isn't relevant; 71 percent of independents and 59 percent of Democrats agree.
Seventy percent likewise say information about Obama's high school behavior would not reveal relevant information about his character. Interestingly, again in the context of the current news, Republicans are the most apt to say so, 83 percent; Democrats least, 59 percent. (Republicans, though, are 11 points less apt to say it's irrelevant for Obama than for Romney; Democrats and independents are constant on both candidates.)
METHODOLOGY - This ABC News/Washington Post poll was conducted by telephone May 17-20, 2012, among a random national sample of 1,004 adults, including landline and cell-phone-only respondents. Results have a margin of sampling error of 3.5 points for the full sample. The survey was produced for ABC News by Langer Research Associates of New York, N.Y., with sampling, data collection and tabulation by Abt-SRBI of New York, N.Y.
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well played.
Ok, I get it. And your post above this one was good too.
But to generally say that a PSA campaign on anti-bullying is a waste is incorrect. My boss used to work with an organization that touted anti-bullying measures and I spoke to many of the people involved. Awareness is a good thing sometimes, and while it might not prevent a lot of bullying, if it stops just one, its worth it. They arent always celebrity fronted cheesy commercials, they extend into the schools. Many of them encourage kids to report or step in and help when a classmate, such as in the story Brian told, is being bullied.
But, in the end, you're right, many bullies are just insecure kids who have parents that lack the skills to raise their kid right.
Most Americans by far dismiss the relevance of accusations that Mitt Romney bullied a high-school classmate, calling it off-point in the election debate - and indicating they'd say the same about Barack Obama's behavior as a high-school student, as well.
Three-quarters in this ABC News/Washington Post poll say the account of Romney's high school behavior is not a serious matter, about as many say it doesn't provide relevant information on his character, and nearly all - 90 percent - say it's not a major factor in their vote preference.
While those are direct assessments, there could nonetheless be slight indirect impacts. Obama leads Romney on having "the better personal character to serve as president," and, controlling for other variables, both this view, and vote preference overall, are independently predicted by the belief that the bullying issue is a serious one. But the effect in each case is minor compared with many other predictors.
Most Americans, in any case, see the general approach as inappropriate: Seventy-five percent in this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates, say it's unfair to bring up things a political candidate did in high school. Given the context of the bullying story, 89 percent of Republicans say so; that slips to 73 percent of independents and 66 percent of Democrats.
Further, 72 percent think the specific bullying incident, first reported by The Washington Post, does not provide useful information about Romney's character. That, too, engenders partisan divisions: Almost all Republicans (94 percent) think the incident isn't relevant; 71 percent of independents and 59 percent of Democrats agree.
Seventy percent likewise say information about Obama's high school behavior would not reveal relevant information about his character. Interestingly, again in the context of the current news, Republicans are the most apt to say so, 83 percent; Democrats least, 59 percent. (Republicans, though, are 11 points less apt to say it's irrelevant for Obama than for Romney; Democrats and independents are constant on both candidates.)
METHODOLOGY - This ABC News/Washington Post poll was conducted by telephone May 17-20, 2012, among a random national sample of 1,004 adults, including landline and cell-phone-only respondents. Results have a margin of sampling error of 3.5 points for the full sample. The survey was produced for ABC News by Langer Research Associates of New York, N.Y., with sampling, data collection and tabulation by Abt-SRBI of New York, N.Y.