Claudio Cerullo: Is your child a bully

June 22, 2010 - PRLog -- "There must be an imbalance of power: your child must be bigger, stronger or more powerful than the other child. However, the power can be “social power.” In that case, your child uses his power to exclude the other one from cliques and activities. The other child must have asked your child to stop bullying him or her. The victim has to feel threatened and has to believe your child will keep harming him," said Claudio Cerullo.

Male bullies grow into men who abuse their wives and children. Bullies tend to drop out of school and work at jobs below their intelligence levels. Keep in mind that a bully is also more likely to be a target of aggression at school. The most advanced stage of empathy involves the ability to catch nonverbal and verbal messages from others, their cues in social interactions, and to use these to understand lives outside your own. Bullies can’t do this.

"They lack the ability to put themselves in another person’s feelings. They need to learn to be kind, caring, and compassionate. They see things only from their point of view and they care only about their own feelings. They are not good at sharing, empathy, caring about others, or making friends. These are behaviors that can be taught and learned," added Cerullo.

Bullies tend to be popular until they reach the last two years of high school. But the truth is a bully’s popularity is based on the other children’s fear of his power and not his social skills. Bullies tend to have poor social skills.

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About Dr. Claudio Cerullo
Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo possesses more than seventeen-years experience in education. With six years teaching in Social Science Education. Dr. Claudio Cerullo earned his Bachelor's of Arts Degree in Social Science Education where he was elected President of the Student Government and Education Association. Dr. Cerullo earned his Master's Degree in Professional Elementary and Secondary Education with his concentration in Educational Administration, earned his Doctorate of Philosophy in Educational Administration and has attended educational leadership training in Diversity/Multi-Cultural Education through Harvard University's Graduate School of Education. http://www.claudiocerulloeducation.com/