The Center for the Study and Prevention for Violence has excellent information and statistics on school safety. Further, the center provides outstanding tips for keeping schools and communities safe. For example, bullying prevention tips are listed for students, parents, and schools to use. The tips are categorized by user (e.g. parent or student). Practical tips are given to students, such as: “Avoid unsupervised areas of school,” and “Take a different route to and from school.” In many ways, tips like these are survival skills.
Why don't schools and parents better prepare students to take measures against bullies or other violent students? It seems that many individuals and organizations find that ignoring an issue means it is not real or that it will never be a problem. People often like to ignore the bad that goes on in their daily lives while focusing on the good. This could be analogous to Sigmund Freud's pleasure principle if we were to draw a comparison to human behavior.
It is essential that schools, parents, and other adults prepare students to deal with bullying and violence before it happens; otherwise, how will they know how to react. Would anyone ask a young child to cross the street without first warning the child of the dangers, and providing some helpful solutions to avoiding those dangers? Students need to be given intelligent solutions to avoiding violence and bullying if they are to be successful in avoiding dangerous situations. The link below is an excellent place for parents, educators, and other adults to start.
The Center for the Study and Prevention for Violence
http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/safeschools/bullying/overview.html#tips
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