CRE Administrators Blog The Term Bullying Has Little Resonance
with Teens Posted by CR Ed on December 09, 10 Danah Boyd has
written a very insightful piece on how teens experience conflict
and how the term “bullying” is not working well in terms of
connecting with them. A case example is provided of two girls
(Janiya and Precious) who have a conflict that is long-standing
and unresolved. It is definitely worth reading. As she note in
the concluding paragraph: Combating bullying is not going to be
easy, but it’s definitely not going to happen if we don’t dive
deep in the mess that underpins it and surrounds it. Lectures by
uncool old people like me aren’t going to make teens who are
engaged in dramas think twice about what they’re doing. And, for
that matter, using the term “bullying” is also not going to help
at all either. We need interventions that focus on building
empathy, identifying escalation, and techniques for stopping the
cycles of abuse. We need to create environments where young
people don’t get v