Published: RTE Brainstorm
Author: Dr. Malie Coyne

No matter how much you try to protect your child, they will cross paths with someone who bullies. Humans are a social species with an evolutionary drive towards finding their positions within a pecking order which can often involve conflict, be it in a playground, online or at the office.

As a clinician encountering concerned parents, raising awareness about how bullying can affect children is hugely important, especially given how pervasive and devastating it can be. It affects the child’s sense of belonging which is one of the most basic human needs. Who doesn’t want to belong?

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Published: alustforlife.com
Author: Dr. Malie Coyne

I remember looking into the mirror at my reflection next to her in the school toilets. She was small, thin-built, and pretty. Somebody all the kids hung around with. Standing next to her, I felt so big by comparison, overweight and spotty, definitely not pretty and definitely not popular. It didn’t help that I felt vulnerable at the time, lacking in self-belief, in “no man’s land”. I was 9 and we had moved from another country (another continent!). I felt like a fish out of water, a big one at that…

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