Sometimes the only abuse taking place is the "kids will be kids" bullying/teasing that happens in schools. I've been a victim of such. Most school administrators seriously underestimate (a) the frequency of such behavior, and (b) the severity of its impact.
Why? I don't know. Some of it may be genuine cluelessness. Some of it almost certainly is good old-fashioned Denial. And some of it is the mistaken but socially prevalent assumption that teasing is a normal, healthy behavior that all kids engage in, and is not a symptom of underlying problems (psychological, physiological, or environmental) in the perpetrator.
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Date: 2005-03-29 04:54 pm (UTC)Certainly, if flags are there, investigate them.
Sometimes the only abuse taking place is the "kids will be kids" bullying/teasing that happens in schools. I've been a victim of such. Most school administrators seriously underestimate (a) the frequency of such behavior, and (b) the severity of its impact.
Why? I don't know. Some of it may be genuine cluelessness. Some of it almost certainly is good old-fashioned Denial. And some of it is the mistaken but socially prevalent assumption that teasing is a normal, healthy behavior that all kids engage in, and is not a symptom of underlying problems (psychological, physiological, or environmental) in the perpetrator.