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Psychological effects of Bullying last a Lifetime

Submitted by Elizabeth Bennett on Wed, 11/18/2009

A recent study was conducted by the Finnish National Social Insurance Institution and the Sigrid Juselius Foundation in Finland. This involved children starting at age 8 by using the Ritter Scale in screening for emotional and behavioral problems. This group was followed up to the age of 24. What was studied was how bullying affected the subjects psychologically.

Words Do Hurt!

Submitted by Elizabeth Bennett on Wed, 11/18/2009

Recently, an article came out about the Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvania and that through the week of October 19-25 they would be seeking out various members of the community in trying to promote better awareness of the problem of Relational Aggression that exists amongst girls and women today.

Free Speech and Cyber Laws

Submitted by Elizabeth Bennett on Wed, 11/18/2009

Cyberbullying has been a serious problem in this nation for a long time. Missouri has had a well known history of this with the Megan Meier case that occurred in 2006. Not long ago, a ninth grader was arrested under this law when she created a nasty website against another classmate. "She would be better off if she just died" was a comment used on there. The bully has been turned over to the juvenile system. The current law went into affect in August 2008 and has caught others under this law.

The Rising Tide of Autism

Submitted by Craig Stellpflug on Wed, 11/18/2009

When I first entered the field of neuro development about 15 years ago the number of children with autism was about 1 out of every 650 children. Since then we have witnessed a drastically rising tide in the incidence of autism. Recently the Schafer Report and the CDC announced a staggering new figure; 1 out of every 91 children are now affected by autism. This is a 7 fold increase in a very few years.

 

What is autism?

 

Zero Tolerance and its Flaws

Submitted by Elizabeth Bennett on Fri, 11/06/2009

As I was watching the local news last evening, I happened to see a segment on the issue of zero tolerance on there. Basically, local school districts were giving their policies and procedures as to how they handle this problem within their schools. The parents were complaining that zero tolerance was too strict and needed to be handled on a case to case basis.

What do you mean I have ADHD?

Submitted by Cindy Goldrich on Tue, 10/27/2009

You’ve just been told that you have ADHD – but what does THAT mean??  And how are they so sure?? And what’s the big deal anyway??  And now what???

Bullying can be stopped with Education

Submitted by Elizabeth Bennett on Fri, 09/18/2009

Another week of education on this serious topic that really needs more attention. The problem of bullying which I always refer to as Peer Abuse. I call it the “B” word because it’s the one word that society wants to hang on to. As society hangs onto this word, I also read an article where it was stated that nothing could be done about the problem of bullying in this nation. What do I say to that? Hogwash!

Emotional Eating to Feed Your Feelings

Submitted by Richard Kuhns on Fri, 09/11/2009

Do you feed your feelings with emotional eating? If you munch when you feel down, upset, bored, excited, happy, confused, joyful, uncertain, malaise, bored..., then you are feeding your feelings.

Can you look at each of those feelings as a different persona? Sound strange?

Yes, there's Mr. Joy, Mrs. Boredom, Ms. Confusion, Master Upset and they are all in search of you for fun.  And they find tons of individuals with whom to play their games.

Cyberbully is Incarcerated

Submitted by Elizabeth Bennett on Wed, 08/26/2009

Wow! The unthinkable has happened and that is a Facebook cyber bully is now in jail. Yes, in jail for tormenting another young woman on Facebook and Bebo for several years. However, this did not happen in the United States but in the United Kingdom. I hope the United States will follow suit at some point and start incarcerating these bullies because this is criminal behavior and warants being treated as such.

Emotional Eating can Ruin Your Life

Submitted by Richard Kuhns on Thu, 08/20/2009

Emotional eating can ruin your life with dozens of extra pounds. Emotional Overeating can affect your self worth causing you to constantly sell yourself short, miss out on a social life, and contribute to low self esteem.

The good news is that when you know how to deal with emotions effectively, emotional overeating can be eliminated and those extra pounds gone bye-bye.

However, to do so, it's important to know that there are three kinds of over eating. First there is habitual eating, the second is emotional eating, and the third is self defeative eating.