| Edition |
1st Free Press trade paperback ed. |
| Description |
xvi, 238 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-229) and index. |
| Contents |
Emotional violence can kill -- Secret school life of adolescents -- Taking on the myths of adolescents at school -- Ins and outs: issues of power and groups -- Many faces of bullying -- Sexual harassment and stalking -- Warning signs: the system needs repairs -- Taking it -- Puzzle of peer predictability -- Kids high at school: everyone's affected -- Principals and teachers stepping up to the plate -- Epilogue: final reflections on the emotionally safe school. |
| Summary |
In this groundbreaking work, James Garbarino, the bestselling author of Lost Boys, and Ellen deLara uncover the staggering extent and consequences of schoolyard bullying and classroom hostility, flat-out contradicting the nursery rhyme that "words can never hurt you." The authors then present evidence that teenagers -- hundreds of whom they interviewed -- have the solution to school violence, if only adults would listen. Bullying has long been regarded as a way of life. Ever since Columbine, however, student reactions to harassment and intimidation are, finally, driving parents to consider this phenomenon seriously. And Words Can Hurt Forever teaches parents to accept reality (bullying occurs daily), challenge old beliefs ("Kids will be kids" or "If I lived through it, so can they"), and ally with other parents to take on the school system. Revelatory and ultimately uplifting, And Words Can Hurt Forever doesn't just highlight the problem, but offers steps that can be taken -- must be taken -- to solve it. |
| Subject |
Bullying.
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Bullying. |
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Aggressiveness in adolescence.
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Aggressiveness in adolescence. |
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Bullying -- Prevention.
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Bullying -- Prevention. |
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Bullying. |
| Added Author |
DeLara, Ellen.
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| ISBN |
0743228995 paperback |
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