Whats wrong with anti-bullying programs?
Psychology’s “dirty little secret” is that anti-bullying programs are usually worthless–or worse! Research conducted by psychologist David Smith and published in the Dec. 2004 issue of the School Psychology Review found that the great majority of anti-bullying programs either produced no benefit or made the problem worse! So if anti-bullying programs can’t get rid of bullying, how can you be expected to make bullying in your school disappear?! There’s a simple reason why typical anti-bullying programs are so ineffective. Let’s say you and I are kids in school. You bully me, and then I tell the teacher and you get sent to the principal and/or guidance counselor for bullying me. Is that going to make you like and respect me? Of course not! It will make you hate me. You’re going to want to beat me up after school, or try to get me in trouble with the school by telling them that I am bullying you. Are you finding that the bullying psychology seems to be a contradiction of what you learned
