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Helping Your Child Deal with Rumors
Your child comes home from school feeling sad, embarrassed,
and angry. After probing, you find out your child has been the victim of untrue
rumors being spread about him. Why is this happening? How can you support your
child through this? How can your child prove something didn’t happen…when it
didn’t happen? There are steps to take when dealing with rumors and gossip.First, find out where the rumors started. Ask your
child if she knows how the rumors started? Does she know the child/ren wh
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Oct 4th 2022
Don’t Spill Your Rumor Marbles
Five
tips for teaching kids how to cope with and react effectively to rumors.Have you ever been targeted by
a rumor? I have! In seventh grade, I accidentally burned my neck with a curling
iron. The burn resembled a hickey. I tried to cover it up with makeup, but it
took less than two hours for a rumor to circulate at school that I had made out
with someone, was easy and loose and was most likely pregnant! Growing up in an
extremely conservative area, I lost most of my friends by the end of
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Jun 20th 2018