As the bullying epidemic across our country has worsened in the
past few years, and the devastating effects of that epidemic
have rocked our nation, the necessity for bullying education has
never been more evident. In both our after school programs, and
children's class in the studio, we are now teaching our new
BLOCK curriculum, a program meant to educate children about
bullying, and give them techniques to effectively deal with
bullying before confrontations become physical, or a child
becomes psychologically traumatized. Part of the reason the
bullying epidemic has become so widespread is because children
receive such mixed messages concerning how to deal with the
problem. Many parents council the child to knock the bully down,
while the consequences in school would often be as severe as
would face the bully. Many teachers tell them to ignore the
bully, while others still instruct children to tell a teacher.
The result of these mixed message is a child who is afraid to
deal with the bully, and has no clear