January 21-25 marks National No-Name Calling Week. This is an opportunity for young people and
their adult allies to stand up against bullying.
No Name-Calling Week was inspired by a young adult
novel entitled The Misfits, by popular author, James Howe. The novel is the story
of four friends who run for student council on a “No Name-Calling” platform.
Educators can join the NNCW Listserv and download a variety
of free materials from nonamecallingweek.org including lesson plans, best
practices for addressing bullying and a NNCW implementation
toolkit.
Parents can learn more about bullying and what to do if
your child is being bullied or you suspect that your child is bullying other
children at nonamecallingweek.org/resources.
No single factor contributes to bullying behavior,
however there are many factors which allow the behavior to develop as a norm. As
a community it is important that we work to stop bullying behavior at all
levels. As adults we develop the norms in our community that our young people
follow.
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