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The Tiniest Bullies
Dealing With Bullying in Daycare
By Teri Brown
A lot has been written lately about bullies in our schools. Most schools have adopted a no tolerance approach that will hopefully make our schools a safer place for our children.
This proactive approach is due in part to recent studies that show that about 50 percent of children and adolescents experience bullying at some point during their lives.
Statistics show that approximately one in five of our children are being bullied on a regular basis. Bullying takes many forms, including teasing, verbal threats, physical intimidation or fighting. But does bullying occur in preschools and daycare facilities? How bad can the bullying be in the 5 and under set, and what can a concerned parent do about it?
"I observed some children, usually boys, hitting, kicking and verbally abusing other children, usually those weaker or younger than themselves," says Hake. "One [child] in particular seemed to feel the need to use such behavior to show he was tough and in control. He was very manipulative and rude at times and did not want to cooperate. Often he would tell certain children they could not play in the games he planned."
Hake and her coworkers used timeouts and other nonphysical methods to try to control the child's behavior, but she admits that this isn't always effective. "For those [children] with deep-seated problems, this only dealt with sympt
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