Bullying. I mean this. Just saying that word makes my whole stomach drop and it also makes me

have this entire replay of my childhood in every single situation when I felt left out and just didn't

have that connected belonging feeling I was looking for. And at the same time, we know feeling

left out is a part of childhood.

So what do we do when our kids left out?

What do we do when our kid has other kids who are mean to them?

And is there a difference between kids that are mean, feeling left out, and bullying?

And do we do different things in different scenarios?

This is such an important

conversation and I am so excited to have Dr. Cheryl Ziegler back on the podcast to explore

all of these issues together. I'm Dr. Becky and this is Good Inside. We'll be back right after this.

So I want to talk about bullying. This is a hot topic. I get asked about it all the time.

I know you do too. And there's so many different areas around it I want to explore, but maybe we could just riff a little.

When you hear the word bullying, let's go like scenario, scenario. What kind of situations come to mind that are kind of under that umbrella?

What do you hear about?

Well, when someone asked me about it, the first thing I ask is, let's figure out if this is bullying or mean kid behavior. Because that's a big

difference. And I think kids overuse the word bullying too. Yes. And to me, the word bullying is so

serious that I want to make sure we're on the same page. So what I'm looking for is, is it repetitive?

Was it one time somebody was mean to you?

Are they doing this often?

The big thing is, is that are they doing the mean thing because they want to feel powerful

over you?

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