http://www.stopbullying.gov/blog/taxonomy/term/36/all en http://www.stopbullying.gov/blog/2013/01/03/teaching-social-skills-to-prevent-bullying-in-young-children <div class="field field-name-field-byline field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Ingrid Donato and Ron Slaby, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Bullying among young children is not uncommon. When young children–who often differ in physical size, skill level, and family experience–get together, patterns of hurtful behavior often emerge.</p> <p>Children may be mean to each other by making mean faces, saying threatening things, grabbing objects, pushing others aside, or refusing to play with others. Some young children may engage in actual bullying behaviors by deliberately and repeatedly dominating a vulnerable child by name-calling, physical attacks, and excluding others from playing with them.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-category field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blog/categories/Prevention" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Prevention</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-site-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blog/tags/Educators" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Educators</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/blog/tags/Effects" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Effects</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blog/tags/Parents" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Parents</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/blog/tags/Preschool" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Preschool</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-blog-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.stopbullying.gov/blog/sites/default/files/early-childhood_large_1.jpg" width="410" height="288" alt="An angry preschool boy" title="An angry preschool boy" /></div></div></div> Thu, 03 Jan 2013 05:00:00 +0000 rellis 31 at http://www.stopbullying.gov/blog