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I was bullied more or less all through school unti...

2009-07-19T07:14:16.125-07:00

I was bullied more or less all through school until I was 15 or so and I can tell you, it wasn't particularly useful. I'm not sure the effects ever completely go away when it's been such a pervasive aspect of growing up; I still have a lot of confidence problems to this day as well as being prone to depression, even though I went on to get a degree from a very good university. I'm more able to dismiss them now, but they're still there, and I feel I could have done better with my life without all that crap.

I can say that I was harassed enough my last year ...

2009-07-14T15:26:03.209-07:00

I can say that I was harassed enough my last year of high school that it made my first year in the military relatively easy. The military was amazingly difficult, but at least I got the impression that the ultimate goal, was in fact that I succeed.
If bullying were such an essential part of developing into a well functioning person, wouldn't there be special summer camps for kids who might not be getting enough exposure during the school year?

My father, Izzy Kalman, offers an excellent, free ...

2009-07-14T09:50:55.540-07:00

My father, Izzy Kalman, offers an excellent, free manual to help stop being teased and bullied:

http://www.bullies2buddies.com/How-to-Stop-Being-Teased-and-Bullied-Without-Really-Trying

If you are having doubts about its effectiveness, here is an article that tells of a hopeless mother of a bullying victim who finally turned to my father's free manual to seek help for her son, and watched his bullying problems disappear instantly:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-bully-witch-hunt/200907/free-website-manual-saves-life-bullying-victim

Yeah, the ways kids learn to "deal with" bullies n...

2009-07-14T08:44:28.287-07:00

Yeah, the ways kids learn to "deal with" bullies never seemed particularly productive. Mostly they involved becoming more invisible, going the other way, or sucking up and taking it... with a few rare--mostly movie--cases of overthrowing the bully entirely.

~Luke