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Crime Stoppers delivers anti-bullying messageBy Dominik Kurekcame from deep poverty and had abullied, Clinton said it is imperativedepression and absenteeism is aOAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFfather, who was an abusive drunk.for the adult to listen.$10 billion cost in Canada.They learned that how they wereThe damages caused by bullyingBecause children are afraid toCrime Stoppers of Halton deliv-treated abused is how they gotare far reaching.intervene, she said schools need toered a message of anti-bullying onpower in the end, she said.Clinton said a fellow researcher iscreate dialogue with children aboutMonday to kick off January as CrimeShe said 40 per cent of youngcurrently doing work on effects ofwhat to do when bullying takesStoppers Month.people say they have been bullied.bullying by analyzing the spit of chil-place, a strategy must be created.This years theme of Take a StandIronically, she added, 40 per cent ofdren. When people are placed in aClinton applauded the HaltonAgainst Bullying, also coincides withchildren acknowledge they have alsostressful situation their body releas-police program in schools, whichthe Halton Regional Police Servicesbullied. Furthermore, she added, 85es various signals and hormones,encourages an open dialogue for stu-Give Respect Get Respect anti-per cent of the time bullying takesone that says, Im going to fightdents with other students about bul-bullying program at local schools.place, it is observed by others who dothis, and another that says, Imlying. She added it takes an entireTo deliver a message of thenot intervene. going to run. Theres another hor-community to solve the problem ofimportance of intervening with bul-We have created a fear of inter-mone that gives the body thebullying.lying, Crime Stoppers invitedvening, she said.strength to keep fighting or keepThere are also effects of bullyingDr. Jean Clintonkeynote speaker Dr. Jean Clinton toHowever, she said in the rarerunning. But in that process anoth-on bullies.It made you in awe of the boysthe kick off at the Halton Regionalinstances of a peer intervening wither part of the brain is activated,The young people who chroni-because they got rep. They wereCentre in Oakville. Clinton is anbullying, the bullying usually endswhich allows the brain to remembercally bully are on a trajectory.tough, they could do things thatassociate clinical professor in thewithin 10 seconds.the cause of the stress.Studies show us that people whoother people couldnt and they coulddepartment of psychiatry and behav-Clinton added in some cases bul-When you are bombarded bychronically bully also have aggres-get away with things that other peo-ioural neurosciences at McMasterlies are at the top of their classes,this stress, like by a bully, then yoursion. It leads to aggression in theple couldnt, Clinton said.University.they are the children teachers wouldCortisol levels go up, she said.workplace, leads to aggression inWhat they learned and this isWe have a major problem that isnever suspect. She said every 7.5What happens when yourmarriage and domestic violence. Itthe key concept in the trajectory ofon the rise and that is bullying, sheminutes in the playground there isCortisol goes up, when youre highlyleads to elder abuse.bullying what they learned is thattold a gathering of some 50 people,some bullying and bullying takesstressed, that new memory of learn-To fix the issues, she said bullyingto be successful in a relationship youwhich included police officers, chil-place in the classroom every 25 min-ing of your brain, if it gets bombard-must be approached as a relation-have to exert more power. You havedren and parents, and dignitaries.utes, some of this by the teacher. ed, bombarded, bombarded, youship issue.to exert more control. You have toWe have to look at bullying as a veryClinton defined bullying as a rela-cant learn. You cannot learn.Beginning early to talk aboutget what you want by tentativelyserious relational disruption.tional deficit. To combat this prob-She said society must realize thatthe importance of connections andabusing that power.She told the gathering that whenlem schools must teach childrenbullying damages childrens brainsrelationships and building commu-Because bullying is a relationalshe arrived to Canada in gradeabout successful relationships.in a way that they cannot learn. 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