Bullying - Crackpot Podcast Ep 32

James and Lynn discuss bullying in school and other contexts.  My kids were kind of wild the day we taped this!

The Crackpot Podcast features writer and extraterrestrial anthropologist James LaFond and sleep deprived motherslave Lynn Lockhart.

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0:00:30  Shout to Tony Cox, happy birthday to James, greetings to Big Ron
0:02:50  Topic is bullying, Fatherland Podcast
0:03:30  Does bullying have any social purpose, the story of Peanut
0:06:42  When the target can shut down the bullying
0:09:00  Is bullying inevitable among groups of children
0:10:08  The cruelty of children
0:14:50  The predatory psychology of political correctness
0:16:20  Toughness of the Spartans
0:17:00  Imperial Japanese troops
0:17:37  How much of bullying is due to school structures?
0:19:24  British Navy
0:23:08  Social hierarchy in a large group of children compared to hunter-gather tribe or small village
0:26:40  Emma in daycare
0:27:40  What can parents do to help kids avoid being a target?
0:30:30  The importance of personal autonomy
0:33:00  Maintaining a bond with your child through work, school, video games
0:39:47  What if your child is the aggressor?
0:42:30  Young people aren't forming families
0:46:46  Other types of bullying, children and technology
0:53:15  Hierarchies vs bullying, in the martial arts studio
1:01:35  Building alliances among men of different skills, abilities, temperaments, Sunset Saga

Preshow notes:
Does bullying serve a social purpose?
How is a healthy hierarchy established among children? (I think forcing large groups of children together is unnatural. They can form groups on their own if they wish. Freedom of association!)
How do these behaviors manifest in adults?
Is it inevitable in groups of children?
Do public school conditions exacerbate bullying?
What should parents do if their child faces intimidation, threats or violence?
What if your child is the aggressor?
Is cyber bullying real?

(c) 2018 Lynn Lockhart