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Bullying, in Teen Sports and Elsewhere, Requires Parent Intervention
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30042
Subject(s) - jealousy , taboo , psychology , friendship , intervention (counseling) , social psychology , competition (biology) , sociology , psychiatry , anthropology , ecology , biology
Bullying is harmful to both the victim and the bully, but in teen sports, one of the main causes is jealousy. If your child is a competitive athlete, the bully may be on the same team, or in a solo sport like figure skating, may be a friend. In either case, the friendship or team‐player attitude can dissolve under the powerful emotion of jealousy. And the bullying can take on a vicious aura because it is so taboo to sabotage your teammate or competition — unsportsmanlike to the nth degree — so it's not overt.