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Parents May Be Teaching Teens to Be Bullies - High School Notes (usnews.com)

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Parents May Be Teaching Teens to Be Bullies

High schools students may mimic bullying behavior they see at home.

Parents May Be Teaching Teens to Be Bullies

October 10, 2012 RSS Feed Print
Some teens may learn bullying behavior from their parents.
Some teens may learn bullying behavior from their parents.
When Wisconsin news anchor Jennifer Livingston was called fat by a viewer, she got a firsthand taste of the kind of bullying manyhigh school students confront on a daily basis.
More than 20 percent of teens report being the target of name calling, 18 percent say they were the subject of rumors, and 17 percent reported either physical harassment—shoving, tripping, or being