Beyond "Kids Will Be Kids": Using Stories to Stave Off Bullying
How can adults help kids who are likely to be targeted for bullying? How can we try to turn kids who are likely to be mean in a better direction? And how can we prevent bystanding and help kids step in if they see mistreatment happening in front of them? Middle-school teacher Gordon Center uses stories from history, from his school, and from his own life to try to bring out the best in all of his students. And psychoanalyst Michael Klein explains some of the forces that can cause people to act less than ideally when confronted with bad behavior in a group.