{"id":3110,"date":"2015-10-30T13:50:12","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T13:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.respectu.com\/home\/why-do-children-bully\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T16:38:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T16:38:45","slug":"why-do-children-bully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.respectu.com\/home\/why-do-children-bully\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do Children Bully?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.respectu.com\/home\/why-do-children-bully\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Why Do Children Bully?&url=https:\/\/www.respectu.com\/home\/why-do-children-bully\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.respectu.com\/home\/why-do-children-bully\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Google Plus\" class=\"s3-google-plus hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digg.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/www.respectu.com\/home\/why-do-children-bully\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Digg\" class=\"s3-digg hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/www.respectu.com\/home\/why-do-children-bully\/&title=Why Do Children Bully?\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Reddit\" class=\"s3-reddit hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/www.respectu.com\/home\/why-do-children-bully\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/www.respectu.com\/home\/why-do-children-bully\/&title=Why Do Children Bully?\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to StumbleUpon\" class=\"s3-stumbleupon hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.respectu.com%2Fhome%2Fwhy-do-children-bully%2F&name=Why+Do+Children+Bully%3F\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Tumblr\" class=\"s3-tumblr hint--top\"><\/a><div class=\"pinit-btn-div\"><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\"  data-pin-color=\"red\" title=\"Share to Pinterest\" class=\"s3-pinterest hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=Why%20Do%20Children%20Bully?&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20https:\/\/www.respectu.com\/home\/why-do-children-bully\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div><p><span class=\"kithambassador\"><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kidsinthehouse.com\/video\/embed\/7510\" height=\"402\" width=\"622\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on <a title=\"Videos about elementary education from Parenting Experts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsinthehouse.com\/ar-kids?ref=Partnership\">elementary education<\/a> visit <a title=\"Expert Parenting Advice\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsinthehouse.com\/teenager\/bullying\/prevention\/why-do-children-bully?ref=Partnership\">KidsInTheHouse.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TRANSCRIPT:<\/p>\n<h1>Why Do Children Bully?<\/h1>\n<p>Bullying occurs for lots of different reasons but we have to remember that the main things that kids are involved in a social context.<\/p>\n<p>So kids form unique groups of friends and when they do it also makes them form what\u00e2\u0080\u0099s called a social ladder and on that social ladder kids divide themselves into 3 groups. There a popular group, there\u00e2\u0080\u0099s that middle group with most kids and there\u00e2\u0080\u0099s that bottom group.<\/p>\n<p>All kids want to do everything they can to get themselves into the middle or top group because the bottom group is most vulnerable to bullying and kids test out aggressiveness when kids try to move between groups to make sure someone is always below them.<\/p>\n<p>So that\u00e2\u0080\u0099s what bullying is really about, we have to be really aware that social groups start at early ages and we have to teach kids that being on top is not necessarily the only thing that matters but that\u00e2\u0080\u0099s why bullying occurs.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Dr. Haber is available for speaking engagements and consultations to help your combat your school or workplace bullying issues.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"mailto:joel@respectu.com\/\"><strong>Contact Dr. Haber<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Joel Haber<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; For more information on elementary education visit KidsInTheHouse.com TRANSCRIPT: Why Do Children Bully? 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