Bench Notice
What do you do with kids who are rude, discourteous, and just down right disrespectful. Once this behavior roots itself in the mind of a child which happens at about the age of 5 the only thing that works is good old fashion consequences. It’s time that we start disciplining for attitude as well as behavior.
FOX – CNN – MSNBC Yes, I know all cable outlets for the news. Is it news, or is it the networks slant on the news? I think you know the answer. It is no longer just reporting the news. It’s reporting the new based upon the political views of the network. In homes across the country opinions are being formed by adults who listen to the thoughts of so called reporters, and experts who want everyone to believe that their network is fair and balanced. Thoughts about different countries, races, religions, ethnicity, and all manner of current events can enter homes with the click of a remote.
Do families talk about the news? Of course they do. The problem is they are not forming an opinion based upon their own values rather the values of others. How does this relate to bullying? The bias that may result in homes regarding the differences in others impacts our students. This negative communication filters down by osmosis and our students form negative attitudes and can become prejudicial in their thinking. What parents fail to understand is that their children attend school everyday with other students of very different backgrounds. Adults need to understand how their thoughts, words, actions, attitudes, and motives affect their children. It is far easier to build a boy than to mend a man. Know who is in front of you. Prejudice is learned it’s not genetic. Let’s all learn to value the differences.
With many physical and mental health conditions, unwanted (and perhaps visible) symptoms can be embarrassing. Of course, they don’t have to be, but when you live with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), outward symptoms and behaviors can come on when you least expect them, and draw unwelcome attention from those around you.
While it’s easy to say there’s nothing to be embarrassed about, it’s natural to feel this way when it seems like all eyes are on you. Maybe a loud noise made you jump and scream in a public place, or you’ve spotted a stranger who, for just a moment, looks similar to someone linked to a trauma you’ve experienced.
No matter how your PTSD affects you, we want you to know you’re not alone. Your response to triggers is valid, and there is no shame in living with PTSD.
That’s why we asked our mental health community for their own “embarrassing” PTSD symptoms. We hope you’ll find some validation in the answers below.
Things most certainly are not as they appear or when taken at face value. (The irresistible influence of first impression) Before anyone judges or jokes always remember you will never know who I really am until you have walked a mile in my shoes. Listen to the podcast below.
This podcast was taken from the archives of The Bully Proof Classrooms Anti Bullying Tip Of The Day.
Back in the 1960s, a Harvard graduate student made a landmark discovery about the nature of human anger.
At age 34, Jean Briggs traveled above the Arctic Circle and lived out on the tundra for 17 months. There were no roads, no heating systems, no grocery stores. Winter temperatures could easily dip below minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
Briggs persuaded an Inuit family to “adopt” her and “try to keep her alive,” as the anthropologist wrote in 1970.
This is a terrific article that uses something that for some 30 years I have used in my teaching and in my work with students and my own children. The use of illustrations help to make life lessons come alive and when used correctly can embed the visual in a person’s mind. Once embedded the child can call upon these illustrations for future use when angry or frustrating circumstances arise. Please take the time to read the whole article and listen to the podcasts.
A Reflective Journal For Teachers
You know I did a little digging just to see how many medications are used for disruptive behavior. I included it here.
Medications For Disruptive Behavior
Quite a list. I mention in the video the delineation between organic behavior problems, those of the clinical variety, and learned behaviors. My concern isn’t whether or not someone is taking medication. I mean, I take it for high blood pressure. My concern is are they taking it for the right reasons. If I am influenced by my genetics (as I am, my whole family has or had high blood pressure) does that me that I am so determined that I shouldn’t take responsibility for my condition? You know the answer. The biggest problem that we have is self control. We don’t teach it enough, and then the child’s impulses begin to take over, and he or she become fearless. Please read this article as my parting shot.
Self Control: There Is “NUN” Better
