I never knew until much later in life that my eldest child had been bullied both at school and in our neighbourhood. He was a shy child, and nearly 30 years ago I was like most parents: unaware of the signs of bullying, didn’t know what questions to ask, and didn’t have any strategies for helping to stop bullying from happening.I was also quite shy myself, and wouldn’t have known where to start in taking on other parents, teachers, and schools – a long way different from the person I am today. My son, at 26 years of age, has borne the psychological scars and continues to work to overcome them to this day. He’s relatively lucky, because bullying creates massive damage that lasts for decades, and often for life, setting up a vicious spiral of insecurity and depression that often destroys relationships, families, and individuals. Years after the fact, the suicide rates bear testament to the destruction. And do we see any advances in management of bullying behaviour in our Australian schools? Sadly, I have to say “no”, because it’s a field that is stuffed full of political correctness instead of being focussed on evidence. And it’s a field that ignores the… Read full this story
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