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We want to help you create a culture of peace in your school and community. Parent Help Line
Our goals are to cultivate
character
confidence
contribution
in children & ourselves.
Everyday nearly 20% of the U.S. population are found in the schools system either as a student or an adult working in the schools. Meeting the challenge of bullying behavior is a part of everyone of those individuals, as well as the parents of every child attending school.
Bullying can be reduced when schools, parents, community members work together to create a culture of peace, when we all work on cultivating the character of ourselves and our children.
This website is designed to provide opportunity for community members, parents, teachers and students, who are invested in reducing bullying and making an impact on our community to share ideas, resources and experiences. For us to be successful we must work together to make all aware of the impact we can have individually and collectively.
I invite you to join the conversations, ask questions and allow this community to help you and your community reduce bullying.
Bully Prevention Partners is offering Anti-Bullying Training to teachers in Anne Arundel County, MD.
Finding the balance between information, emotion, relevance and function has been elusive until this training program. Unifying educators to the parents who have lost children to bullycide, This training is a must for anyone who plays a role in our children’s lives.
If you are a teacher, interested in creating a culture of peace in our schools and community and sign up as a member of BULLY PREVENTION PARTNERS we will give you a code to take this training for FREE! As of this time we have reserved space for the first 200 teachers for this program. In addition there are lesson plans, role plays and resources here for you to use in the classroom. We are also looking to hear your story and best practices. If you have a question, I will be happy to address it and leave it open for others to discuss.
We look forward to collaborating on this important work. When you join send a note that says you would like to take the training!
Posted by Joe Van Deuren on March 26, 2012 at 9:00pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
This evening I have watched this video a few times. I am moved by the singer but even more I am distressed by the initial reaction of all towards a young man who is obviously overweight. I think of all the young boys and girls in the world who are picked on, chided and bullied because of their weight. I think of them from the viewpoint of, If you only knew them?
Who would have guessed this young man of 17 years of age had such an amazing talent? He also had an amazing friend. I…
ContinuePosted by Joe Van Deuren on March 23, 2012 at 1:50pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Why am I working with the younger children on lessons of friendship and relationships? I believe that we must begin much earlier with our work of teaching our children what we expect from them when it comes to relationships. If we can teach our children the values of empathy, tolerance and compassion - better yet - if we will demonstrate and promote these values while giving our students more opportunities to work and play together, the less likely they will be to form cliques…
ContinuePosted by Joe Van Deuren on March 8, 2012 at 1:44pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
As parents we all have our own style of parenting and things that are important to us in our family. In some families the parents may be very concerned about order and making sure that everything looks 'good' to others. While it is important for a family to have their rules and expectations we have to be very careful as parents that we do not become dictators.…
ContinuePosted by Joe Van Deuren on March 2, 2012 at 11:52am 0 Comments 0 Likes
When bullying takes place there is almost always others around that have witnessed what has happened. But if we look at it and do nothing, we come a part of the bullying. We cannot just stand idly by and ignore another person being hurt. It does not matter if we are a young person watching someone in our class being picked on or if we are an adult who believes that it is just "kids being kids".
Elie Wiesel said once, "The opposite of love…
ContinueBalanced Life Skills and Bully Prevention Partners is working on creating a library of books and information to help students, parents and teachers prevent bullying. Here is our wish list if you would like to help us out.
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