{"id":150,"date":"2023-12-01T17:23:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T22:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hydroassoc.org\/?p=150"},"modified":"2024-10-29T09:36:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T13:36:08","slug":"bullying-and-hydrocephalus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hydroassoc.org\/bullying-and-hydrocephalus\/","title":{"rendered":"Bullying and Hydrocephalus"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cBullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems.\u201d (stopbullying.gov<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Bullying.<\/strong> We hold on to the 1950s image of the big kid on the playground taunting, name-calling, pushing,<\/strong> and intimidating<\/strong> other children. While that image is still valid, bullying is not exclusively dominated by boys, nor is it necessarily a single child bullying other children as stories of peer group bullying in the national media have shown. Even the landscape of bullying has changed.<\/p>\n

According to StopBullying.Gov, bullying can occur during or after school hours. While most reported bullying happens in the school building, a significant percentage also happens in places like the playground or bus. It can also happen traveling to or from school, in the youth\u2019s neighborhood, or on the internet.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Approximately 37% of youth between the ages of 12 and 17 have been bullied online. 30% have had it happen more than once.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

For our community, this is an opportunity to listen to the unique stories that our teens and young adults share of being bullied for their hydrocephalus<\/a>. We can give them the proper tools they need to respond effectively. It is a chance for us to learn, for parents of young children to prepare, and for all of us to support one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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More than 160,000 students in the United States stay home from school each day for fear of being bullied. (Pacer Center<\/a>).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Sara, age 19<\/em><\/div>
\u201c<\/em>People used to call me a \u201cwater head\u201d from the time I was born through elementary school (even after I had my shunt placed at eleven days old). When I was a freshman in high school, the distal catheter in my neck broke. When I came back from having my first shunt revision after Christmas, some of my classmates made jokes about me because they thought that I had cancer, when really I had to have my head shaved due to the shunt revision. After my freshman year, people realized that I was just like any other high school student, but I had life-long limitations including cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus, and visual deficits<\/a>. Now, I am a freshman in college, and people ask me questions (as they should) instead of bullying or staring and making me feel like an idiot.\u201d<\/em><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n