Matt Hogan’s Reviews > Easing the Teasing : Helping Your Child Cope with Name-Calling, Ridicule, and Verbal Bullying > Status Update
Matt Hogan
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The 'I' Message - when we are gurt or angry we tend to accuse or blame the person that we view the cause of our distress: 'You make me so mad!' - Naturally this puts the other person on the defensive, making a mutually agreeable resolution pretty unlikely... Instead, try: 'I feel very angry when...' we invite the other person to empathize and consider our feelings without making any accuasations...
— Jun 14, 2013 08:22AM
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Matt Hogan
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Although most parents do not have a degree in education, all parents are teachers. We teach our children valuable life lessons every day.
— Jun 23, 2013 01:25PM
Matt Hogan
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Kids learn from what they live with on a day-to-day basis. A child who is physically or verbally aggressive at school is often imitating behaviors and words that he observes or experiences within his family.
— Jun 23, 2013 01:11PM
Matt Hogan
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While I don't advocate censorship, I do advocate careful monitoring by parents.
— Jun 23, 2013 01:09PM
Matt Hogan
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The first thing I tell kids who witness teasing is that the very least they can do is not show any support for the teaser.
— Jun 23, 2013 12:35PM
Matt Hogan
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We must strongly encourage a bystander or witness to intervene, show support, or ask for help. It is imperative that children take an active role when they witness or observe a classmate being teased.
— Jun 23, 2013 12:31PM
Matt Hogan
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Children whose parents convey empathy to them are more likely to convy empathy to others.
— Jun 23, 2013 12:25PM
Matt Hogan
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And in an age where families move around a lot and kids often opt for solitary activities like computer games, far too many kids are becoming deficient in these social skills.
— Jun 23, 2013 11:52AM
