Episode 93: HOW TO TACKLE BULLYING! with educational psychologist Naledi Mokoena

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Our three-part series on friendship with LEGO South Africa continues as we tackle BULLYING! and SELF-ESTEEM! with Sandton-based educational psychologist Naledi Mokoena.

In this episode we focus on bullies and victims, and we talk about the different nuances that bullying can take on, from the more overt, obvious abuse to subtle, insidious forms of bullying.

Naledi advises parents from a professional standpoint, and we chat about the role that the school can play in tackling peer abuse at school and online.

We also zone in on cyberbullying, which counts as one the highest contributors to teen suicide rates, as well as poor mental health and self-esteem among our young people.

What can we, as parents, do to counter the obvious ill-effects of online media in a world where the Internet is unavoidable? Join us as we find out the answer to this, and so much more, on Episode 93 of The Great Equalizer Podcast.

About our guest:
Naledi Mokoena is an educational psychologist specialising in developmental and all-round assessments for children, adolescents and young adults. Naledi’s goal is to offer parents practical recommendations on how they can best support their child through developmental challenges.

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This is the second instalment in a three-part series about friendship, sponsored by the LEGO Group, whose mission it is to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow through the power of play.

This year LEGO celebrates the relaunch of its reimagined Friends characters series, which is focused on being more representative of race, gender, culture, ethnicity, neurodivergance, mental health conditions, as well as physical traits and different abilities.

LEGO also hopes that, by establishing real-world scenarios in the Friends range, children will be able to play out a more representative world view of real-world relationships.

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7 Mar 2023 English Explicit South Africa Kids & Family · Relationships

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