"As they grow older, children used indirect aggression increasingly
frequently... Indirect aggression refers to manipulations by the child that are
intended to harm or deprive another person, while evading direct confrontation." Examples: "spreading
gossip, excluding someone from a group or setting up another child for punishment."
-- from an article by Tremblay and others in Growing Up in
Canada
"The rate of violent offences committed by youth aged 12 to 17 years old
more than doubled between 1986 and 1992. Violent crime now makes up 19% of all
crimes committed by youth. Most of these are committed by a small minority
of teens, mostly boys."
"Teens, particularly girls, are more likely to report feeling lonely, depressed or
unhappy about their lives than younger children."
This excerpt is from Transition (March 1997), published by the Vanier Institute of the Family. |
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Posted by the Vanier Institute of the Family, July 1997. |