Publisher's Synopsis
"One simply has to look at news headlines, in the workplace, or into a classroom to find evidence of a troubling problem: bullying is affecting the lives of many people, causing severe emotional damage that can stay with them for life. There may never be a world completely free of bullies, but luckily there are ways to deal with this difficult issue: through awareness, understanding, and changing our beliefs about and reactions to bullying. The problem with most anti-bully programs is they focus on telling people what to say and how to act. That approach will never work; because, you cannot control other people. The solution lies in how you react to what is said. If you believe in yourself, it doesn't matter what others say. It may hurt but it doesn't devastate. As a long-time educator and parent, Jeanie Cisco-Meth has dealt with bullying situations over and over, and in this easy-to-understand guide, she shares her very best secrets fo