How do you resist a bully? You grab yourself an equalizer so that you’re the same size, and you don’t back down. A bully will always pick on someone smaller, younger and more fragile than themselves, for if they fought…
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Our early and teen years is a very important period for the development of our personality and it is at this time that we begin to assess who we are in terms of personality. Researchers throughout the world have come…
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Bullying is a result of teenagers who have some sort of inferiority complex or some sort of insecurity. In a sense, teens bully other teens to give themselves a sense of false superiority. They’re trying to hide the fact that…
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We all seem to have at least one friend who spends every interaction just talking constantly about themselves and their latest dramas. This friend is probably someone you devote very little of your time to – and when you do,…
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I am so blessed to be able to claim that I do have real friends. Real friends are those people who willingly give me their love, no matter the choices I make or the geographical distance between us. They are…
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Common sense doesn’t seem very common these days. And for teenagers, so many factors come into play: peer pressure, drug use, sex, popularity, friendships, and opposite sex relationships. All of these things vie for your emotions and your energy, and…
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Communication takes a huge portion of people’s every day lives though they often don’t realize that. The question is how well have you learned to communicate? Many people lack good communication skills and unfortunately even if your skills are the…
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Let’s see.How to resist bullying.That’s simple: don’t let it happen. Sure that seems dumb advice, but the only reason why bullying goes on in the world is because people around, they only watch it. They don’t try to stop it…
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The Elks (otherwise known as The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks) is a fraternal organization which dates right back to the year of 1868. The Elks was initially a social club, later to become a charitable foundation in 1928….
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There was a kid, Lenny, in our boys’ high school junior class who was the poster boy description of the classic nerd. Skinny, undersized, thick glasses, squeaky voice and with an IQ of at least 200. He was at least…
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Just as nothing moves us to love another person more than the experience of that person’s love for us, nothing induces us to friendship towards another person so much as the experience of that person’s friendship towards us. Friendship is…
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Unless you are extremely unfortunate, at some point in your life bullying will have been an issue. It is never pleasant and. Despite all the advice you can be given, it is always difficult to react in the right way….
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Time was when a person knew everyone in the ‘hood; crankity old Miss Smith; floozy Miss Brown; the coach of the local high school; parents of your best friends and even the Sunday school teacher.  But no more.  We are…
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A heartfelt apology is a miracle cure for the most painful of events. The heart heals at an amazing speed if it only hears a true and honest apology. Most of the time, in friendship, you take it for granted…
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Have you ever experienced the guy who tells you lists of trivia and who insists on explaining things in minute detail even if you find them terribly dull? The fact is that intellects may not appreciate that they are annoying…
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As a mother bullying has created great havoc in my children’s lives.As a grown woman whom experienced a great deal of inner family bullying before school, during school, and after school, I became the bully of the bullies.When I reached…
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We all want to have true friends. We all want to have people around us with whom we can respectfully share our thoughts, feelings and needs. People who will make our lives better. Since we all want the same thing,…
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Confidence in yourself is the first step to overcoming any “bully’s” force. Be it a physical force or that of intimidation, bullies thrive off the fear and insecurities of others. They themselves are so distraught with their own personalities and…
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Each and everyone of us has both personality characteristics,but some of us are more giving while others are more on the takers side.Many factors go into why some of us are givers versus those who are takers.Just like “ying &…
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Friendships are very important and children need to have friends. Some children find it easier than others to make friends and so it is not unusual for parents to worry about whether their child has enough friends or is able…
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One incident of bullying occurs every seven minutes, says a study done by Craig and Peplers. Being targeted by bullies, in schools, is a problem that has existed for decades. But how can you resist it without becoming a greater…
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Unfortunately bullying has always been an issue, not just in schools but in society. Since this should be about advice I’m not going to give a load of statistics and refer to many case studies.Those people who are not very…
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Do you have a friend who is now unemployed? How to offer support to your unemployed friend without interfering in his or her life, may appear problematic for many different reasons.  Unemployment can be a frightening scenario for anyone who…
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Even the very best of friends can drift apart over time, if insufficient amounts of attention and love become part of the equation. If not enough quality time for each gets clocked in, friendships can grow fairly distant and dazed….
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Anyone who has been unemployed will be familiar with the negative feelings associated with it: the lack of routine, disappointment, financial concerns and eventual isolation. Offering support to a friend in this position is a challenge and will be affected…
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