Search Now: Interview with Kathy Noll, coauthor of Taking the Bully by the Horns By Janie Bowman Please share some background on why your book was written and the response you've gotten My book,Taking the Bully by the Horns is the children's version of Dr. Jay Carter's best-selling book, Nasty People. Dr. Carter asked me to write this book because he had liked my short stories I wrote for children. There is also a great need for information on bullies now as a lot of children are having problems. I know this because I receive a lot of mail asking for help. Those who have shared my book with their children or students tell me the children feel stronger after reading my book. They also understand bullying behavior better, and have improved their self-esteem. Has bully behavior increased or decreased during the past ten years? Based on the statistics I've been studying, it has increased. A few years ago we had a chain of school shootings and bomb threats which resulted in "copy cat" behavior. However, some good may have come out of it as, recently, many schools have become involved with "anti-bullying" campaigns and "no tolerance" policies. With programs such as these, and books such as my own available, I'm hoping by this time next year I will be able to tell you that both school crime and bullying behavior have decreased. | |
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