{"id":4195,"date":"2012-01-10T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/?p=4195"},"modified":"2019-03-27T14:27:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:27:27","slug":"dealing-with-bullying-in-school-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/dealing-with-bullying-in-school-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with Bullying in School: Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/professionallearningboard.com\/blog\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"check_out_the_new_blog\" title=\"Check Out the New Blog\" alt=\"Check Out the New Blog\"  src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/images\/check_out_the_new_blog.jpg\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/0110bullying.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4196\" style=\"border: 4px solid black; margin: 5px 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/0110bullying.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a>When kids bring a rumor to a child, they want to see the child defend against the rumor. If a child, who is the subject of the rumor, defends himself, then they have automatically lost because it is the weaker position. Therefore dealing with bullying in school involves not giving the &#8216;tormentors&#8217; what they want.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of taking a defensive stance against stupid rumors, a child can turn it around and have the insulter defend themselves by asking them \u201cDo you believe it?\u201d The person spreading the rumor now has to decide whether they want to admit believing such a stupid rumor. If they want to believe a stupid rumor, it makes them look stupid. The victim automatically wins when asking this question.<\/p>\n<p>If the rumor spreader says, \u201cNo,\u201d the child can say \u201cGood.\u201d If the rumor spreader says, \u201cYes,\u201d the child can respond with, \u201cYou can believe it if you wish.\u201d Either way the child wins!<\/p>\n<p>The first thing to know while dealing with bullying in school is that it is only fun to spread rumors about someone if they get upset. If a person allows others to spread rumors about them, it\u2019s no fun for the rumor spreaders and they soon stop.<\/p>\n<p>How do you tackle a situation of rumors in your classroom? Was it effective? Share your experiences.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>From Professional Learning Board\u2019s online continuing education course for teachers:<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/bullying-the-golden-rule-solution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bullying: The Golden Rule Solution<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  When kids bring a rumor to a child, they want to see the child defend against the rumor. If a child, who is the subject of the rumor, defends himself, then they have automatically lost because it is the weaker position. Therefore dealing with bullying in school involves not giving the &#8216;tormentors&#8217; what [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[187,55,431,429,142,430],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4195"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24756,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4195\/revisions\/24756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}