Violent assaults among secondary school students appear to be increasing, and girls are adopting a similar "pack mentality" to boy bullies, says the Children's Commissioner.
Cindy Kiro said yesterday that her office was seeing an escalating pattern of bullying, intimidation and peer harassment in schools, much of which went unreported.
Cindy Kiro said yesterday that her office was seeing an escalating pattern of bullying, intimidation and peer harassment in schools, much of which went unreported.
Now one really has to wonder why ... couldn't have anything to do with the systematic disempowerment of those traditional institutions charged with the care of children, namely parents and teachers?
No, it will prove to be something intrinsic to those children ... and I am sure it already has a name enshrined in that tome 'The DSM4.' There will be one or two pills, perhaps more, available to moderate this disordered conduct.
But really one should attribute cause where it so clearly belongs ...
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