BrainSavvy Helps Reduce Bullying

Written by Maribeth Davis

Codes of conduct about harassing and bullying might help, but they will not help stop the problem where it starts.
School bullying, a growing problem with documented horrendous consequences, is often birthed from lack of tolerating diversity.
Bullying flourishes in American schools despite attempts to put a stop to it.
Our ‘melting pot’ society should embrace diverse ideas and peoples as the social fabric of our nation; but these differences readily become obstacles that separate and lead to such factors as bullying.
Tolerance to prevent bullying in the classroom is not a black and white issue; it involves much more. Social classes, religious and political beliefs, wealth vs. poverty, as well as ethnic background are obvious boundaries.
Physical attractiveness, athletic prowess, temperament, social grace, and basic intelligence also contribute to this segregation that students don’t readily cross just to be helpful.
When they do cross these boundaries it is often to bully and harass those with opposing ‘wrong’ views or those who do not look, act, or believe as they.
Education needs to take the initiative to teach children to interact in a positive, naturally occurring way with others despite the differences.
Teaching any subject using BrainSavvy brings into play a strategy that prompts students to dismiss generations of prejudice as well as their personal social mind-set, often without realizing they are doing so.