Bullying

"Youth bravado, not organised gang activity,"reported TODAY online this morning. There has been a spat of youth (supposedly gang-related) attacks in Singapore recently.

Many schools today are a battleground. Boys make trouble to get noticed. Girls ask for help but boys often just act for help.

It's a sad fact that bullying is a part of many boys'lives. A study of 20,000 primary and secondary school children across Australia found that 1 in 5 students were bullied at school at least once a week.

While the above may sound somewhat obvious, the fact is that boys often won't talk about bullying in the 1st instance because it seems weak to do so. The way I see it, almost every child, boy or girl, will experience bullying, and, if helped to acquire assertive skills, will overcome it.