\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cBut unfortunately for some kids, the effects of bullying can last a lifetime.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nFrench says bullying is often a learned behavior, observed either at home or amongst peers. That makes it incumbent upon adults of influence to make certain that they are exhibiting the behavior which they want their children to display when they aren\u2019t around.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s just the world that we live in at large,\u201d French said. \u201cAdults are responsible by not just promoting what they want to see but showing kids what it looks like to accept people who are different than you. What does it look like marching through the world being kind and intentional? What does it look like? That\u2019s how kids know how to do it.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIt\u2019s important for adults, especially in schools, to be in tune with bullying behavior and to create a safe environment where vulnerable children feel comfortable letting you know they feel they are being bullied.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cResearch has shown a connection between caring adults and kids that has some structure changes a child\u2019s life,\u201d French said. \u201cIt\u2019s rather startling to me that it comes down to that connection between an adult human being and a child.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nFrench says it\u2019s important to stress three characteristics to kids that may prevent bullying from occurring. Those are to promote being intentional, kind, and inclusive and accepting others who may be different than you.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cWhen those are actively modeled by adults and kids see that that is just the culture that they are in, they know what to do with their peers,\u201d French said. \u201cIt\u2019s not perfect, it\u2019s a very long-term thing but those three social behaviors have a long-term effect on communities.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There was a time when bullying may have been thought to be part of growing up or kids just being kids.\u00a0 But thankfully we now know better.\u00a0\u00a0 Bullying can be …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":38503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/media\/Blue-Green-Hands-Unite-Anti-Bullying-Poster-Instagram-Post-Square.png","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2024-05-08 19:23:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38501"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38504,"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38501\/revisions\/38504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}