And Words Can Hurt Forever How to Protect Adolescents from Bullying, Harassment, and Emotional Violence by James Garbarino, Ellen deLara
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Book Description

In this groundbreaking work, James Garbarino, the bestselling author of Lost Boys, and Ellen deLara uncover the staggering extent and consequences of schoolyard bullying and classroom hostility, flat-out contradicting the nursery rhyme that "words can never hurt you." The authors then present evidence that teenagers — hundreds of whom they interviewed — have the solution to school violence, if only adults would listen.

Bullying has long been regarded as a way of life. Ever since Columbine, however, student reactions to harassment and intimidation are, finally, driving parents to consider this phenomenon seriously. And Words Can Hurt Forever teaches parents to accept reality (bullying occurs daily), challenge old beliefs ("Kids will be kids" or "If I lived through it, so can they"), and ally with other parents to take on the school system. Revelatory and ultimately uplifting, And Words Can Hurt Forever doesn't just highlight the problem, but offers steps that can be taken — must be taken — to solve it.

About the Author

James Garbarino, Ph.D.

James Garbarino, Ph.D., is Co-Director of the Family Life Development Center and Professor of Human Development at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York..

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Ellen deLara, Ph.D.

Ellen deLara, Ph.D., is a Visiting Fellow in the Family Life Development Center at Cornell University. A winner of the "Just for Kids" Foundation's Award for outstanding teaching and child advocacy and the Merrill Presidential Scholars Award, she has counseled children, adolescents, couples, and families in private practice for over twenty years.

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