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OK, I'm combining two threads into one because they're both about children's inabilities to deal with hurt.
http://www.kptv.com/story/38000109/...deo-stating-bullied-kids-tend-to-annoy-people
I feel like this man is not actually interested in helping students as much as he wants to "tell it like it is".
https://www.npr.org/sections/health...hemselves?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=science
(Digital self-harm article not quoted in full. Full article at link.)
Are children's lives only getting more difficult with technology? It seems to be the case in many different ways, from the new opportunities it offers people to hurt them to the way the sheer immersion in technology and porn rewires their brains.
http://www.kptv.com/story/38000109/...deo-stating-bullied-kids-tend-to-annoy-people
Oregon principal posts video stating bullied kids ‘tend to annoy people’
An Oregon school principal is being accused of “victim shaming” by some parents.
Some parents of children at Centennial Elementary School in Scio say recent remarks by the principal on bullying are offensive.
In a YouTube video, Luke Zedwick stated victims of bullying tend to provoke bullies and must be taught to be “less annoying.”
A viewer contacted FOX 12 about the video. Other parents spoke about being frustrated by the remarks.
On Thursday, Zedwick said he wanted to extend an olive branch to community members who were offends by his comments.
Zedwick has a YouTube channel full of parenting advice. On April 10, he acknowledged that what he was about to say was controversial, and then in a six-minute video he made statements including, “In my experience the kids who get bullied are not really good friends. They're not good at being a friend. They tend to annoy people, maybe without knowing it, but usually they do know it."
He then stated how parents should handle children who are being bullied.
“So if you find your kid being a target, one thing you could do to help them, separate from the bullying, is you can help them learn not to be annoying,” Zedwick said.
Zedwick told FOX 12 he may have come off a bit strong, but he insists parents should be aware there are instances that young children may describe as bullying, but they are actually simple conflicts for which they should take some responsibility.
Some parents don’t see it that way.
“It sends a message to them that it’s their fault and they’re not fun to hang out with,” said parent Nicole Loveberg.
Scio School District administrators said no formal complaint has been made about the principal.
I feel like this man is not actually interested in helping students as much as he wants to "tell it like it is".
https://www.npr.org/sections/health...hemselves?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=science
When Teens Cyberbully Themselves
During the stressful teen years, most adolescents experience emotional highs and lows; but for approximately 24 percent of teenagers, their worries and sad feelings turn into something more serious, like anxiety or depression. Studies show that 13 to 18 percent of distressed teens physically injure themselves via cutting, burning, or other forms of self-harm as a way to cope with their pain.
Recent research and clinical psychologists now suggest that some adolescents are engaging in a newer form of self-aggression — digital self-harm. They're anonymously posting mean and derogatory comments about themselves on social media.
Child psychologist Sheryl Gonzalez-Ziegler, of Denver, Colo., says it's a growing problem among teens she counsels. One recent client, an adolescent girl, told Gonzalez-Ziegler she anonymously cyberbullied herself because, as a gay teen, she felt vulnerable and exposed.
"She set up ghost accounts on Instagram and posted mean comments about herself, saying things like, 'I think you're creepy and gay,' and 'Don't sit next to me again,' " Ziegler says.
"She said these things because she feared being mocked by her peers, the psychologist explains. "She thought their teasing wouldn't be so bad if she beat them to the punch."
According to a survey published late last year in the Journal of Adolescent Health, teens are bullying themselves online as a way to manage feelings of sadness and self-hatred, and to gain attention from their friends. For the study, 5,593 middle and high school students from across the U.S., ages 12 to 17, completed a series of questionnaires that asked about their experiences with digital self-harm and cyberbullying.
(Digital self-harm article not quoted in full. Full article at link.)
Are children's lives only getting more difficult with technology? It seems to be the case in many different ways, from the new opportunities it offers people to hurt them to the way the sheer immersion in technology and porn rewires their brains.