>> WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. OVER 20% OF OUR KIDS, A SCHOOL REPORT FACING BULLYING RUMORS
OF THE MOST COMMON WAY THAT
KIDS ARE BULLIED. OTHER COMMON
BULLYING TACTICS INCLUDE BEING
MADE FUN OF BEING EXCLUDED
FROM ACTIVITIES OR BEING
PHYSICALLY HARMED. AND JOINING
US NOW IS DOCTOR MADDELEIN.
JOSEPH IS A PROFESSOR AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE
OF MEDICINE. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME. AND BULLYING IS
SUCH A IT’S SUCH IT’S SUCH A
TOUGH SUBJECT TO TALK ABOUT
WHO IS MOST AT RISK HERE.
>> AND THAT’S A GREAT
QUESTION. AND THE WHO ARE RISK
FOR BEING BULLIED OR ANY KIDS
WHO COULD BE. AND LOOK AT THAT
AS BEING DIFFERENT OR NOT
POPULAR. AND SO SOME TIME AND
SOMEONE WHO ARE BIT EVEN HOW
THEY COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS
COULD BE AT RISK OR IF THEY
BELONG TO ANY PARTICULAR
GROUP. UNLIKE AS YOU OR EVEN,
YOU KNOW, KIDS WITH OBESITY.
AND ANY ANY CHILD THAT COULD
LOOK TO BE LOOKED AT AS BEING
WEAK VULNERABLE ARE NOT
POPULAR. THOSE ARE THE KIDS
WHO ARE GOING TO BE AT MOST
RISK.
>>JENNIFER READY: WE KNOW THAT
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS
PARENTS THINK BACK TO OUR OWN
CHILDHOODS, OUR OWN
EXPERIENCES IN SCHOOL. AND WE
SEE THIS POTENTIALLY HAPPENING
WITH OUR KIDS WERE SOME OF THE
WARNING SIGNS THAT PARENTS
SHOULD KNOW ABOUT AND TO LOOK
OUT FOR SO THAT THEY CAN HELP.
YES. AND
>> THE CHILD IS NOT GOING TO
BE WINNING SOME TIME TO REALLY
TALK ABOUT BEING BULLIED
BECAUSE THEY’RE ASHAMED AND A
OF THE OR THEY MAY NOT JUST AN
ADULT. AND SO THE PARENTS
SHOULD BE REALLY CAUTIOUS AND
KIND OF LOOKING FOR THE SOLD
SIGNS, SUCH AS IF THE TREND
COME IN WITH AN INJURY THAT
COULD EXPLAIN IT OR IF THEY
LOST THEIR SON PHONE, THE
LOSING THEIR OR THEY’RE LOSING
THEIR FRIENDS OR IF THEY
BECOME NOT ABLE TO OR IF THEIR
GRADES ARE DROPPING. AND SO
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SIGNS
AND SOME TIME THEY START
COMPLAINING ABOUT HEADACHES IT
WAS, YOU STOMACH PAIN ON A
REGULAR OR SIMPLY THEY JUST
DON’T WANT TO GO SCHOOL. AND
SO THIS IS REALLY A GOOD TIME
FOR THE PARENT TO KIND OF SAY
WHAT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT’S
GOING ON AND, YOU KNOW,
APPROACH THE TOPIC.
>>JENNIFER READY: SOUNDS LIKE
YOU’RE REALLY IS KNOWING YOUR
CHILD SO INCREDIBLY WELL. AND
YOU KNOW HOW WHAT IS WITH VICE
TO YOU HAVE TO HELP KIDS WHO
ARE BEING BULLIED. FIGHT BACK
IN A POSITIVE WAY. WHAT DO YOU
WHAT DO YOU ADVISE PARENTS TO
TO DO TO HELP THEM FIGHT BACK
IN A GOOD WAY.
>> AND I THINK THE THE FIRST
THING IS FOR THE PARENT TO
MAKE SURE THEY TELL THE CHILD
THIS IS NOT YOUR FAULT BECAUSE
THEY’RE VICTIMS. SO THAT’S
NUMBER ONE BECAUSE A LOT OF
KIDS FEEL LIKE BECAUSE THEY’RE
THEY’RE NOT IT IS THEIR FAULT
THAT THEY’RE BEING BULLIED. SO
THAT TO MAKE THAT AND HOME THE
MAKE THAT RIDE BEING CONFIDENT
THAT THEY’RE NOT THE PROBLEM.
AND THE SECOND PART IS
ACTUALLY TO PREPARE THEM FOR
SUCH SITUATIONS. AND SO, YOU
KNOW, EVEN TO HER LIKE, WHAT
ARE THEY GOING TO SAY BACK?
AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW,
SIT LOOK THE THAT THE BULLY IN
THE EYE, LIKE, DO YOU KNOW,
LOOK DOWN BECAUSE THEY MAY IT
THINK YOU’RE SCARED OF THEM.
SO JUST EVEN THE POSTURE THEY
CAN TAKE, CAN, YOU KNOW, GIVE
A LITTLE THAT STRONGER THAN
THAT WE COULD AND PRACTICE IN
SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS YOU
KNOW, SAYING AND I DON’T LIKE
WHAT YOU TELL ME. SAYING AND
OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO CREATE,
YOU KNOW, HELP THEM TO MAKE
FRIENDS BECAUSE SOME OF THE
FRIENDS COULD BE THE BAY AREA
AND TO AND SOMETIMES EVEN
ENGAGE THEM IN ACTIVITIES LIKE
SPORTS CLUBS. AND, YOU KNOW,
THE SCHOOL, THEY START
LEARNING SOME OF THOSE SKILLS
WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET
ALONG WITH OTHER KIDS AND THAT
CAN MAKE THEM NOT VULNERABLE
TO BEING BELIEVED.
>> SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY IS ALL
ABOUT CONFIDENCE AND
EMPOWERMENT RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. AND OBVIOUSLY
WORKING WITH THE YOU KNOW,
SOME TIME THE AT SCHOOL AS A
PARENT TO KIND OF SEE WHAT’S
HAPPENING. IS THERE ANY
PARTICULAR AREA WHERE SOME OF
THE BILLING IS HAPPENING AND
MAKE SURE THE SCHOOLS NOW, IF
THERE’S ANY INCIDENTS THAT ARE
HAPPENING SO JUST BE ACTIVE
AND ENGAGED, WOULD YOU AND
EMPOWER THEM AND GIVE THEM
CONFIDENCE? SUCH GOOD
INFORMATION. THANK YOU SO
MUCH, DOCTOR. WE REALLY