Gaining Mom-entum

Gaining Mom-entum on Bullying: Kids, Power, & Peer Relationships

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Welcome back to Gaining Mom-entum! Meghan & Abi start off the halfway point of this third podcast season going over community feedback from their body image episode and discussing this season’s theme of intentionality. Then they get into this episode’s topic - bullying. Meghan shares insights from her professional background working in bullying awareness and prevention. They discuss what they think bullying looks like and the misuse/abuse of power, and the impact of those actions. Abi & Meghan delve into their childhood memories of how bullying was talked about, the stereotypes associated with it, including gendered terminology. A lot of the conversation circles back to the idea of the language we use to describe behaviours and people. They discuss why they think children engage in bullying behaviour and how issues like bullying are often viewed in terms of an individual’s deviance, instead of as a larger systemic issue, and what needs to be looked at in learning about bullying behaviour. Of course, they get into the social media of it all! They round out the convo with how they talk to their kids about peer relationships and the importance they place on having an open conversation approach in their homes. As always, thanks for listening! Share Gaining Mom-entum and follow/comment/review wherever you get your pods. IG: @gainingmom_entum Facebook: Gaining Mom-entum Podcast Email: [email protected] Music: Evan Dysart (Spotify and Bandcamp; Extended Cut of Podcast Theme for Gaining Mom-entum) Artwork: Catherine Cachia (IG: @catherinecachia, catherinecachia.com) Resources: PREVNet Bullying (Kids Help Phone) Bullying; Bullying and Harassment Prevention (Canadian Red Cross) You, Me, & Empathy by Jayneen Sanders  I Walk With Vanessa by Kersacoët Dear Bully: 70 Authors Tell Their Stories The Trevor Project NeedHelpNow.ca Media Smarts Monica Lewinsky’s New PSA “The Epidemic” Compares Bullying to a Widespread Illness (Teen Vogue) The Price of Shame (TED Talk)