Bullies and Parenting

After blogging about Barbara Coloroso's new book on bullying being connected to genocide, I heard on the news today about a recent study at UBC on the relationship between parenting and bullying. In a nutshell the study reported that there is a corelation between parents who control their children and their children either becoming easy targets or actually becoming bullies. I suspect the reason for the two opposing outcomes lies partially with the temperament of the child.

I suspect that bullying must have some underlying roots to the upbringing of the child who is both a bully and in some senses a target of bullies. It is definitely complicated but when we look at what goes on at home and out in the playground there may certainly be some comparisons to be made. I'll try to track down the study as having heard a snippet does not do it justice.