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The article isn’t suggesting that peer-bullying is the only source, just that it’s more prevalent. So your experience is not invalidated by this study. It is a
by plaidfuji 6y ago
The article isn’t suggesting that peer-bullying is the only source, just that it’s more prevalent. So your experience is not invalidated by this study.
It is also not saying that adults are free from responsibility for addressing this. It is simply saying that existing anti-bullying programs are bound to be ineffective until they broaden their scope to include this category.
- baobabKoodaa 6y ago> The article isn’t suggesting that peer-bullying is the only source, just that it’s more prevalent. Right. And I'm saying that - based on my experiences - peer-bullying is not prevalent at all. I understand that "my experiences" do not constitute a peer-reviewed study, so take it with however many grains of salt you feel is appropriate. But don't pretend like I can't disagree with the article based on my experience. > It is also not saying that adults are free from responsibility for addressing this. Right, it's not explicitly saying that adults are free from responsibility, it's just implying that most instances of bullying fall into the "boys will be boys" category rather than a more serious category. And if you observe how adults are mostly reacting to instances of bullying in practice, they certainly don't feel like they have much responsibility to stop bullying. So we can observe a message being sent, received, and acted upon.