Tag: response

The guiding rule of action should be to intervene too early rather than too late. ~ Dan Olweus, PhD, and founder of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program

Although bullying prevention efforts tend to focus on middle schools and high schools, bullying behavior begins at much younger ages.  According to researchers and developers of the Eyes on Bullying Program, Dr. Ronald G. Slaby and Dr. Kim Storey, it starts as early as 4-years old:

You're helping your spouse work on a project. It's not going well, there's a deadline, and your sweetheart is getting increasingly frustrated. Finally, they just blow up and say something like, "You’re not helping! You're only making it worse! I should never have asked you to help!"

You're stunned. You promptly blow up in return saying, "Well, if that's how you feel about it, see if I help you again!" and out the door you storm, stomping your feet and slamming the door for good measure.