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Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt

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Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

Exactly. The issue is the unions are so strong. Teachers unions are so strong. So I'm a huge fan of teachers as well. They have very strong unions. Good for them. You know, nobody's going to fault them for advocating for themselves. But the unions just prohibit a lot of what we want to try and do. They just don't allow it. So I'll give you an example in Ontario.

Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

Exactly. The issue is the unions are so strong. Teachers unions are so strong. So I'm a huge fan of teachers as well. They have very strong unions. Good for them. You know, nobody's going to fault them for advocating for themselves. But the unions just prohibit a lot of what we want to try and do. They just don't allow it. So I'll give you an example in Ontario.

Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

Exactly. The issue is the unions are so strong. Teachers unions are so strong. So I'm a huge fan of teachers as well. They have very strong unions. Good for them. You know, nobody's going to fault them for advocating for themselves. But the unions just prohibit a lot of what we want to try and do. They just don't allow it. So I'll give you an example in Ontario.

Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

High school teachers do not need to go into the hallways during school classroom transitions. That's in their collective agreement. Where does bullying take place in high schools? in the hallways during classroom transitions. So, I mean, you need to get them out of the class, greeting them at the door, just those little things.

Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

High school teachers do not need to go into the hallways during school classroom transitions. That's in their collective agreement. Where does bullying take place in high schools? in the hallways during classroom transitions. So, I mean, you need to get them out of the class, greeting them at the door, just those little things.

Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

High school teachers do not need to go into the hallways during school classroom transitions. That's in their collective agreement. Where does bullying take place in high schools? in the hallways during classroom transitions. So, I mean, you need to get them out of the class, greeting them at the door, just those little things.

Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

There was this study, and I may have got this wrong, but I don't think I do. I remember this study from years ago where they were looking at why this particular school had low bullying rates. And it turns out that across the street, so it's an elementary school, across the street was a senior complex and there was a bench and they had the little old lady sitting on the bench.

Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

There was this study, and I may have got this wrong, but I don't think I do. I remember this study from years ago where they were looking at why this particular school had low bullying rates. And it turns out that across the street, so it's an elementary school, across the street was a senior complex and there was a bench and they had the little old lady sitting on the bench.

Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

There was this study, and I may have got this wrong, but I don't think I do. I remember this study from years ago where they were looking at why this particular school had low bullying rates. And it turns out that across the street, so it's an elementary school, across the street was a senior complex and there was a bench and they had the little old lady sitting on the bench.

Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

And so the kids in the playground thought they were being spied on by the little old ladies. And those ladies were never going to get across the street in time

Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

And so the kids in the playground thought they were being spied on by the little old ladies. And those ladies were never going to get across the street in time

Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

And so the kids in the playground thought they were being spied on by the little old ladies. And those ladies were never going to get across the street in time

Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

to intervene in any capacity but just that was enough to reduce bullying rates wow make grandmothers great again that's what i love it there you go um what about so is that increased supervision the spatial planning intervention is that the same thing that would go hand in hand so thinking about like um you know areas that if you can't get supervision in um like we don't want

Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

to intervene in any capacity but just that was enough to reduce bullying rates wow make grandmothers great again that's what i love it there you go um what about so is that increased supervision the spatial planning intervention is that the same thing that would go hand in hand so thinking about like um you know areas that if you can't get supervision in um like we don't want

Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

to intervene in any capacity but just that was enough to reduce bullying rates wow make grandmothers great again that's what i love it there you go um what about so is that increased supervision the spatial planning intervention is that the same thing that would go hand in hand so thinking about like um you know areas that if you can't get supervision in um like we don't want

Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

scary spaces in a school right um kids are afraid of the bathrooms in schools because you can't get security cameras in there obviously you have to keep the door on them everybody has biological needs so yeah it so think that think when when designing schools thinking about school trips and stuff like that back of the bus pardon me

Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

scary spaces in a school right um kids are afraid of the bathrooms in schools because you can't get security cameras in there obviously you have to keep the door on them everybody has biological needs so yeah it so think that think when when designing schools thinking about school trips and stuff like that back of the bus pardon me

Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

scary spaces in a school right um kids are afraid of the bathrooms in schools because you can't get security cameras in there obviously you have to keep the door on them everybody has biological needs so yeah it so think that think when when designing schools thinking about school trips and stuff like that back of the bus pardon me

Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

So studies show that there's a genetic component. So parents who were bullied tend to have, their kids have a higher likelihood of being bullied. So beyond the genetic influence, there's also an environmental influence. I think a lot of it has to do with attributions. So let's just say something's ambiguous and you tell me about it. And I put my lens of how I was treated as a kid

Modern Wisdom
#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

So studies show that there's a genetic component. So parents who were bullied tend to have, their kids have a higher likelihood of being bullied. So beyond the genetic influence, there's also an environmental influence. I think a lot of it has to do with attributions. So let's just say something's ambiguous and you tell me about it. And I put my lens of how I was treated as a kid