Great points! I appreciate you bringing the topic of negative home environments and it correlation to bullying into the discussion. I have to agree that children will imitate the behaviors that they see and experience at home, especially in cases of bullying were a child is made to feel powerless. In conjunction with this, research has shown that children who are bullied at home are more likely to be victims in their peer group as well (Schwartz, Dodge, Pettit, & Bates, 2000). As counselors, this can often make our jobs more difficult because, often we are dealing with two people who are in emotional pain: the victim and the bully who once was or currently is a victim in a different environment. In a school setting, it can be difficult to influence
