Word: schoolyard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There's a feeling in the culture that something's gone awry," Faludi said. "It's been a year of schoolyard shootings, men going ballistic, and a political campaign shaping up to be a father-son drama...
Grownups are often conflicted about bullying. We know that power struggles are part of life, and we want our kids to learn on their own how to make their way through the schoolyard. But being bullied can destroy a kid's well-being and confidence. And it gets in the way of schooling. Parents need to know that kids don't learn any valuable lessons from being bullied. The only good lessons learned come from defeating a bully. And the best way to beat a bully is to avoid being a victim...
Talk to Microsoft and AOL about the need for standards, and you get the distinct impression of being stuck in the middle of a high-minded schoolyard row. Both sides talk about the gangs they're forming to find common ground in the messaging industry, and if the other guy wants to come over and join our gang, well, that's fine with us. (For the record, AOL has hooked up with Apple, Sun, Novell and Real Networks; Microsoft's gang of strange bedfellows includes Excite, Infoseek, PeopleLink, AT&T, Yahoo and Prodigy...
Comedians are the schoolyard bullies of this summer's box office. Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, the South Park gang and those cutup cowboys Will Smith and Kevin Kline have upended propriety and frolicked like unruly kids until the collective funny bone is virtually numb. After this week's senior-prom sex farce American Pie, even connoisseurs of adolescent comedy may whisper a desperate prayer: "From Austins and Adams and Wild Wild Westies, and teens that go hump in the night, Good Lord deliver...
Children need to appreciate the difference between sexual harassment and normal schoolyard taunting, teasing and flirting. "Harassment is not Harry saying to Sally, 'You look hot today.' Kids take that as a compliment," says Nan Stein, a former middle school teacher and currently director of the Project on Bullying and Sexual Harassment in Schools at Wellesley College Center for Research on Women. "Harassment is if he flips up her skirt or tries to pull down her pants. And boys can also be victims of harassment or sexual bullying." The most serious cases could involve sexual touching, bumping or grabbing...