Link from psychologytoday.com
Thought-provoking article: "No Name-Calling Week" Weakens Children
I propose a better alternative to No Name-Calling Week. This new week would solve the name-calling problem for good. If we are genuinely concerned with kids' emotional well being, we should have a Call Me Names All You Want Week. Students will be instructed about the brilliance of Freedom of Speech-the Constitutional version of the traditional "Sticks and Stones" slogan. Both staff and students will be allowed to insult each other all they want, with the instruction that they are forbidden to get upset.
Know what you'll find? Rather than getting upset, the kids will be laughing their heads off all day long. I guarantee you that after one week, all but the most emotionally disturbed will live out the rest of their lives never again getting upset by names.
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I propose a better alternative to No Name-Calling Week. This new week would solve the name-calling problem for good. If we are genuinely concerned with kids' emotional well being, we should have a Call Me Names All You Want Week. Students will be instructed about the brilliance of Freedom of Speech-the Constitutional version of the traditional "Sticks and Stones" slogan. Both staff and students will be allowed to insult each other all they want, with the instruction that they are forbidden to get upset.
Know what you'll find? Rather than getting upset, the kids will be laughing their heads off all day long. I guarantee you that after one week, all but the most emotionally disturbed will live out the rest of their lives never again getting upset by names.
This entry was originally posted at http://syredronning.dreamwidth.org/1391886.html. Feel free to comment anywhere.