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To bring positive change, you must take an honest look at your child’s behavior and your family situation. You may or may not know the underlying issue for your child’s behavior. Your child might have a diagnosed disorder (such as bipolar disorder) — or not. That’s not the point.
Making excuses is shifting the blame onto something or someone else. No matter the diagnosis or underlying issue, by making excuses you’re giving your teen permission not to be accountable for his/her actions and allowing your teen to continue harmful and hurtful behavior.Teens need to understand that their behavior has consequences. That’s the way people learn and grow in maturity. That’s the way teens grow up.
BULLYING
What Parents and Teachers Should Know
In a 2001 study by the Kaiser Foundation in conjunction with Nickelodeon TV network and Children Now, 86% of children ages 12-15 interviewed said they get teased or bullied at school — making bullying more prevalent than smoking, alcohol, drugs, or sex among the same age group.
What is bullying?
Bullying is abusive behavior by one or more students against a victim or victims. It can be a direct attack — teasing, taunting, threatening, stalking, name-calling, hitting, making threats, coercion, and stealing — or more subtle through malicious gossiping, spreading rumors, and intentional exclusion. Both result in victims becoming socially rejected and isolated.
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