Affton, Mo (KSDK) -- School leaders are teaching character
education to prevent bullying. Teachers and counselors at
Mesnier Primary School in Affton are getting the message across
early that words hurt and the kids are paying attention.
Counselors are also teaching kids anger management, using
puppets. "It's a turtle trick. When someone's bullying you, you
go over to the peace path and there's this little turtle and he
bends in his shell like this, and then you do it, and you count
to 10, and most of the time, it gets your anger from being
bullied," sauid Camden Schlueter, a student. In Ladue,
administrators have given teachers and students a took to report
bullyig. "Students and staff can use forms to fill out to go
directly to counselors and administrators," said Maggie Travers,
a Ladue School District psychologist. "We have some policies in
places that address these issues when they come up." In South
Roxana, Illinios, the approach is pro-active. "The thing we try
to do most is to promote positive behavio