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In a recent call with a school administrator, they mentioned to me that they weren’t interested in tracking name calling incidents, didn’t consider name calling bullying and wouldn’t want students  that call other students names labelled as bullies. Now, one of the great parts of my job is that I get to speak with motivated and dedicated school administrators all around the world every single day! In this rare instance though, I was a bit taken a back. “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” is a lie! This couldn’t be more the case than with young students who have yet to fully develop a sense of self. From the perspective of a mature ...