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You're walking through a park and see a couple of 7 year old kids in the playground area. One walks up to the other and the latter, without provocation or even saying anything, starts hitting the former. What would you think of this situation?  What would you do?  A normal reaction would be to stop the fight and reprimand the aggressor.  Under a given situation, we make decisions or judgments based on the information we have, but it's important to keep in mind that this information maybe out of context and incomplete or maybe even manipulated or incorrect.  Here's more information on the 7 year olds' case: John has been bullying Matt for the past year every day in school.  Matt has had to make up stories at home to explain the bruises.  Once his self esteem hit rock bottom and the anxiety was unbearable, he took the determination to face the situation: next time he saw John, he'd confront him, he'd show him that from that point on he would stand up for himself.  He might win the [Read full post...]