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From: Scott
Date: 10 Oct 2012
Time: 09:41:06 -0500
Remote Name: 108.17.124.241
Hi Dick - thanks so much for your comments. I agree entirely that kids need to experience things in order to learn to deal with them. I think one of the distinctions I'd like to make, though, is between teasing (indicated in your post) and bullying. True bullying is intended to cause harm - I think kids may need help with dealing with that. Teasing, which can be good natured in intent but still hurtful in the way it is received, is something that children do need to learn to cope with - initially with help, of course... But if we can help to protect them from bullying, while we teach them strategies to manage it, then I think we can get the best of both worlds in a bad situation. I agree with you entirely that resilience comes through experience; we just want to try to manage those experiences so the child is not overwhelmed, in an unsafe situation, or had his negative perceptions confirmed or compounded... Thanks again for the post - lovely to see your name on the list! Take care, Scott