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Tue 12 Dec 2009A real assault on children's happiness
HEALTH PLUS:Bullying at school must be tackled in a co-ordinated national approach, writes MARIE MURRAY
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS are but a reprieve from being bullied at school for many primary school children. It has been so since the pioneering Scandinavian research of the 1980s into school bullying first revealed the extent of bullying that children suffer. It continues to be a blight on children’s lives – on their confidence, self-esteem, physical safety, emotional development, psychological wellbeing and even their future mental health.
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