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Originally Posted by Walt
You're assuming that the parents of the bully give a shit. What if they dont? Respectfully, The psychology behind why some kids are bullies is really irrelevant to the nerdy kid getting beat up. Knowing that the guy who makes his life hell has self-esteem issues doesn't mean shit to the kid being targeted.
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Actually, will's suggested intervention works on both sides of the coin.
Bullies and victims alike struggle with a problem called hostile attributional bias, or seeing hostile intent where there is none.
I would also imagine that will's intervention is best used among a younger population, say early childhood, in the interest of correcting hostile attributional bias before it becomes a real problem in the late elementary years/adolescence.