Quote of the Day
Children are not always nice to each other, but people are not always nice to each other. The world is not like that. One of the things in danger of being lost is children spending time with other children out of sight of adults; growing a sense of consequence for their actions without someone leaping in.
Tim Gill, a childhood expert, on the issue of bullying.
October 28th, 2007
Polly Benzing
Monday, October 29, 2007
I agree that children shouldn’t be constantly monitored by adults but I definitely don’t think that the issue of bullying is exaggerated. Mr. Gill, pointing to the fact that adults aren’t always nice to each other as a way of minimizing the ill effects of bullying is ridiculous. Being treated badly by peers or anyone else is especially painful when you’re young –how many adults do you know that still have fresh memories of such things? As an issue, bullying is just now receiving the spotlight is deserves I have to disagree with this “childhood expert” when he calls it exaggerated.
Billy Hylton
Monday, October 29, 2007
Good point(s)…