{"id":221,"date":"2010-03-09T10:57:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T15:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yuriar.com\/politics\/?p=221"},"modified":"2010-03-09T10:57:57","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T15:57:57","slug":"so-bullies-in-schools-are-all-rush-limbaughs-fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/conservakat\/so-bullies-in-schools-are-all-rush-limbaughs-fault\/","title":{"rendered":"So… Bullies in schools are all Rush Limbaugh’s fault?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some believe that the popularity of shows such as \u201cGossip Girl\u2019\u2019 and the talk radio shout-fests that kids listen to from the back seat of the car have fanned the flames, which are spread face-to-face and through cyberspace.<\/p>\n

via Mean girl behavior begins at early ages – The Boston Globe<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Seriously? They are trying to blame bad behavior on TV and Talk Radio? Um… What ever happened to parental responsibility? Seriously people.<\/p>\n

My kids listen to Rush Limbaugh<\/a> and Dana Loesch<\/a> with me sometimes, when the subject matter is appropriate.\u00a0 My kids don’t run around bullying other kids, because they know that we consider that to be unacceptable behavior.<\/p>\n

But out there in Massachusetts, people are pushing for a bill that would require adults in the school to report bullying to the principle, who is then required to report it to the parents of the bully.\u00a0 Of course, critics claim that the bill doesn’t go far enough because it doesn’t “criminalize bullying” or hold the school liable for not protecting children.<\/p>\n

Really?\u00a0 I admit, I was not the popular kid in school, in any of the 5 different schools I went to.\u00a0 I was the kid the other kids picked on.\u00a0 I was the one being bullied.\u00a0 I know from experience that simply alerting the bully’s parents isn’t going to change a thing.\u00a0 Do you know why? Because kids learn these kinds of behaviors at home.\u00a0 Not from Talk Radio, but from their parents.\u00a0 I find it funny that this article at The Boston Globe website is linked to another article titled “Parents can help prevent bullying by modeling kindness, empathy<\/em>”\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 Ya think?<\/p>\n

\u201cParents need to help their kids see that everyone has dignity and worth, that they don\u2019t put someone outside a circle of caring, they don\u2019t make someone an \u2018it.\u2019 You don\u2019t have to like every kid in the classroom, but you do have to honor their humanity.\u2019\u2019 (source)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, it’s parents, and their behavior that the kids will emulate.\u00a0 Huh. Whodathunk?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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