California State University, Dominguez Hills
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
Created: March 10, 2001
Latest update: March 10, 2001
jeannecurran@habermas.org

This self test is based on a The Foozles, a wonderful site on peace and negotiation for children.

Click here to return to Self Test on the Foozle's definition of violence in children.

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1. The Foozle definition breaks child violence down into behaviors we can recognize and work with. What are they?

   jeanne's lecture notes on one plausible response:

   There are Foozles named after each of the following behaviors:

   1. blaming
   2. bossing
   3. getting even
   4. grabbing
   5. hitting
   6. lying
   7. making excuses
   8. making threats
   9. name calling
   10. not listening
   11. teasing
   12. whining

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2. What do all these Foozle behaviors have in common?

   jeanne's lecture notes on one plausible response:

   It seems to me that one thing they have in common is a failure to respect the feelings of the "Other." Since we've seen, as Juan Gonzalez says in Harvest of Empire, that most Americans won't tolerate injustice once they become aware of it, it would seem to make good sense to teach our children that these behaviors hurt others through their injustice.

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