{"product_id":"and-words-can-hurt-forever-how-to-protect-adolescents-from-bullying-harassment-and-emotional-violence-paperback","title":"And Words Can Hurt Forever: How to Protect Adolescents from Bullying, Harassment, and Emotional Violence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Garbarino\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEllen Delara\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs a society, we are only just beginning to understand the degree of damage that bullying inflicts on individual teenagers and on their relationships later in life. In this groundbreaking work, James Garbarino and Ellen deLara uncover the staggering extent of emotional cruelty and its ramifications and counter the nursery rhyme that words don't hurt.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this groundbreaking work, James Garbarino, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLost Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, and Ellen deLara uncover the staggering extent and consequences of schoolyard bullying and classroom hostility, flat-out contradicting the nursery rhyme that \"words can never hurt you.\" The authors then present evidence that teenagers--hundreds of whom they interviewed--have the solution to school violence, if only adults would listen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBullying has long been regarded as a way of life. Ever since Columbine, however, student reactions to harassment and intimidation are, finally, driving parents to consider this phenomenon seriously. \u003ci\u003eAnd Words Can Hurt Forever\u003c\/i\u003e teaches parents to accept reality (bullying occurs daily), challenge old beliefs (\"Kids will be kids\" or \"If I lived through it, so can they\"), and ally with other parents to take on the school system. Revelatory and ultimately uplifting, \u003ci\u003eAnd Words Can Hurt Forever\u003c\/i\u003e doesn't just highlight the problem, but offers steps that can be taken--must be taken--to solve it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Garbarino, PhD,  is an author and professor at Loyola University Chicago. He has specialized in studying what causes violence in children, how they cope with it and how to rehabilitate them. Dr. Garbarino has served as consultant or adviser to a wide range of organizations, including the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse, the National Institute for Mental Health, the American Medical Association, the National Black Child Development Institute, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, and the FBI. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition to her recent research on childhood bullying, Dr. Ellen deLara was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where she conducted research with Dr. James Garbarino on child maltreatment at home and at school.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.56 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751711932704,"sku":"9780743228992","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/efb4d3832aa920adee52f917823e7f55.webp?v=1779978363","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/and-words-can-hurt-forever-how-to-protect-adolescents-from-bullying-harassment-and-emotional-violence-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}