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William Pollack, a psychologist who examines bullying in his book Real Boys' Voices, agrees that intimidation is too often rewarded. "Aggression, homophobia and violent behavior are looked up to in boys," he says. "Being artistic or musical is not." He cautions, however, that not all child bullies are the cool kids--some are among the most depressed students in a class and may be reacting to being bullied themselves. Pollack is also worried that the phenomenon is on the rise, partly because families spend less time together, which leaves boys fewer outlets for productive communication. "It's a national epidemic...
Here's the difference. The TV episodes boil 24 hours of bickering housemates into 22 minutes (longer on Wednesday and Saturday nights). The website gives me the full feed, split into four different webcams, which allows me to play junior psychologist and professional voyeur 24 hours a day, seven days a week...
Divorce, however, is not the only factor, says Philip Cowan, a director of the Council for Contemporary Families. "It's the prospect of many of the lifeless long-term marriages they grew up with," says the psychologist, who with his wife Carolyn Pape Cowan--both at the University of California, Berkeley--has followed more than 200 families for 10 to 20 years...
...your basic problem is communication, a family therapist might be more important than a business consultant," suggests Rob Singh, entrepreneurship professor at the University of the Pacific's business school. "If you can open the communication lines and face issues, you can move on." Neil Koenig, a psychologist from California and author of You Can't Fire Me, I'm Your Father, has recently included among his clients a family-business owner who is 93, another who is 82. "Fifteen, 20 years ago, these gentlemen would not have talked to someone like me. They would have thought what...
Sources--Good News: Journal of the American Medical Association (7/12/00); American Psychologist (6/00). Bad News (1 & 2): JAMA (7/5/00...