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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dayuhan who wrote (11474)	4/16/2001 1:51:10 PM
From: E	Respond to of 82486

I don't disagree at all. But of course a loving parent is in a different position than a teacher where showing angry disapproval is concerned. Parental anger makes a child ashamed; in certain situations shame is appropriate, and before it gets mingled with outward-turned anger and becomes counter-productive, empathy and kindness are what need to be demonstrated. A teacher's disappointment also is shaming, in a salutary way, to a child. Shame isn't a bad word, to me, as a sequel (among others) to shameful behavior, though I think it is generally out of favor. I didn't see any case studies on bullying on the net, but didn't look beyond those links I posted....