According to Reeves, attempts to alter how young people behave started 15 years ago with the Character Counts program. Basketball players and cheerleaders participated in the program that encouraged ethical behavior. Now that the two programs have merged, the focus is on preventing bullying.
Not only is Stop Bullying a Hobbs effort, but it also takes place in other towns and cities in Lea County, with plans to reach more areas as well. Coach Reeves is a modest, likeable person who relates well with young people.
The coach has an athletic build and talent that hints at his time with the Harlem Globetrotters and Marques Haynes, when the players would speak to young people about the dangers of gangs and drugs. Modern anti-bullying programs address the threat of cyber bullying. Programs include back to school gatherings at the local park and events in the schools. How many young people have been reached? Ten thousand! Participants are given reminders not to bully in the form of t-shirts, balloons, pencils and stickers.
A college student now, she is brimming over with enthusiasm for the Hobbs program. Reeves had her speak at a gathering, and she took to it like the proverbial duck to water.
She was bullied in school, and she wants to make sure that others do not suffer. Her experiences may have led her to her course of study at Northern Arizona University: adolescent psychology. Some of the issues Coach Reeves tries to clarify through programs include what bullying is exactly. Adolescents sometimes reach erroneous conclusions, and he works to make issues understandable.
Skits are used to illustrate the differences between conflict and bullying, and tattling versus telling. Cleverly, he is using the group mentality that surfaces in adolescence to stop bullying; if the majority of students are against it, it will be diminished.
Breanna is concerned about the long-term effects of bullying. Most people believe that bullying is a childhood phenomenon, its effects dissipating with time. Bullies are not exempt from effects: they are much more prone to ending up with an antisocial personality disorder, a condition whereby a person hurts others without any remorse.
William Copeland, Ph. Beyond the school years, the effects obviously hurt individuals, and it also can result in long-term health concerns and costs. Breanna wants young people to know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, that they can have bright futures. I, along with the help of some high school students, have been working on shows that will speak to kids about bullying. It is peer conflict. It is very important to distinguish, as the approach for resolution is different.
With conflict, it is appropriate for the involved individuals to address independently. Parents encourage siblings to resolve their disagreements, facing the situation head on. Address the individual who hurt you and work through it. Both individuals benefit from a resolution. With bullying, the injured party, or target, should never be left alone to deal with the perpetrator. The target needs support, as the situation is always out of balance. The bully has power over the victim.
Bullying is a distinctive pattern of repeatedly and deliberately harming and humiliating others, specifically those who are smaller, weaker, younger or in any way more vulnerable than the bully. The deliberate targeting of those of lesser power is what distinguishes bullying from garden-variety aggression. Bullying can involve verbal attacks name-calling and making fun of others as well as physical ones, threats of harm, other forms of intimidation, and deliberate exclusion from activities.
Studies indicate that bullying peaks around ages 11 to 13 and decreases as children grow older. Overt physical aggression such as kicking, hitting, and shoving is most common among younger children; relational aggression—damaging or manipulating the relationships of others, such as spreading rumors, and social exclusion—is more common as children mature.
Bullying is a way to gain social capital, establishing social dominance. Research shows that those singled out for bullying lack assertiveness even in nonthreatening situations and radiate fear long before they ever encounter a bully.
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