Helping a Youth Who Bullies Others
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The National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
When evaluating a child or adolescent who has been bullying others, it is helpful to understand the context in which the child or adolescent acted. It is also important to screen children who bully for ADHD, depression, suicidality, bipolar disorder, child maltreatment, and substance abuse disorders. Ask the child or adolescent about exposure to violence in his/her home, neighborhood, and school, and through the media.
Talk to family members whenever possible, in order to assess family functioning and any parental symptoms and distress (e.g., substance/alcohol abuse problems, mood disorders, and/or marital conflict). If parents are having difficulties, encourage them to seek outside support (e.g., from relatives, parent support groups, faith-based communities, mental health services) and make appropriate referrals.
A useful first step in addressing bullying is to provide guidance to parents or other caregivers:
- Discuss the seriousness of bullying behavior.
- Help parents or caregivers to develop reasonable expectations for their child or adolescent.
- Educate them about the negative effects of physical punishment.
- Help them to develop strategies to set limits, to monitor and closely supervise their child's behavior, and to effectively discipline their child or adolescent.
- Encourage parents and other caregivers to communicate and collaborate with staff at their school in order to develop a consistent approach to their child's bullying behavior.
Fact Check: U.S. dependence on foreign oil
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Chris Mould
CNN
President Obama is announcing plans Thursday to boost
domestic energy production, which is expected to include new offshore oil exploration and drilling. The White House says its new strategy will "set America on a path to energy independence." While drilling isn't likely to win many fans among environmentalists, it could help bring Republicans on board with the president's energy initiatives since the GOP has pushed hard for more domestic drilling to reduce dependence on foreign oil.
Fact Check: How dependent is the U.S. on foreign oil, and where does most of it come from?
- The United States is the world's third largest crude oil producer, but still imports the majority of oil it uses. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, 43 percent of the oil used in the United States is domestically produced and 57 percent is imported.
- In 2008, the United States produced 10 percent of the world's petroleum and consumed 23 percent, the USEIA reports.
- Almost half of U.S. crude oil and petroleum-product imports came from the Western Hemisphere (North, South, and Central America and the Caribbean, including U.S. territories) during 2008, according to the USEIA. That includes Canada, which alone provided just over 20 percent of U.S. imports. About 20 percent of imports came from the Persian Gulf countries of Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, with just under 14
percent from Saudi Arabia alone.
- The Energy Information Administration says the increase in U.S. crude oil production in the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere, combined with increasing biofuel and coal-to-liquids (CTL) production, will reduce the need for imports over the long term. It projects U.S. petroleum-import dependence will fall from 58 percent in 2007 to 40 percent by 2030.
Bottom Line:
- The United States already produces a significant percentage of the world's oil, though its huge appetite for petroleum will keep it dependent on foreign sources for the foreseeable future. But progress is being made. And the president's proposals for new drilling could win GOP support for some of his other energy initiatives, in addition to boosting oil supplies.
Why Obama won the health care battle
Drew Westen
Special to CNN
Politicians tend to think about how the minds and brains of voters work in one of two ways.
The first is to assume that voters come to decisions on issues like health care reform by carefully examining the data and the arguments and then calculating whether one plan or another better fits their rational self-interest. In this view, a campaign is a debate on the issues.
When you hear (or heard) Democratic strategists dismiss polls showing that the majority of Americans opposed the president's health care plan but support its component parts, this is the model of the mind of the voter they are assuming.
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Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) - The head of an influential social conservative organization urged members and supporters Wednesday to stop donating to the Republican National Committee and instead contribute to its own coffers or to candidates with like-minded goals.
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, made the plea in his "Washington Update" column posted on the organization's Web site following the revelation that the RNC paid for a night out at a risque Hollywood nightclub.
"I've hinted at this before, but now I am saying it - don't give money to the RNC," Perkins said in his column. "If you want to put money into the political process, and I encourage you to do so, give directly to candidates who you know reflect your values.
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