School systems across America do great things to help kids fight bullying and make their learning environments ones in which students are more respectful and care for each other. They offer students strategies to stand up for themselves and aid others who are in sticky situations. However, there are many cutting-edge techniques in the anti-bullying field that often aren’t discussed at these workshops.
The Budding PsychologistÂ
“Gimme all your lunch money.”
“Sure, you can have the money. But do you not think that your constant need to take from others is a subconscious representation of an emptiness you feel? Is there something in your life that you were never given, and therefore you feel you need to take? Tell me about your mother.”
The Reversal
“Gimme all your lunch money.”
“No, you gimme all your lunch money.”
“No, you gimme all your lunch money.”
“No, you gimme all your lunch money.”
“No, I give you all my lunch money.”
“Ah-hah!”
The Messy Reversal
“Gimme all your lunch money.”
(Target responds with a swift jab to the stomach and runs to get the janitor.)
The Yosemite
“Gimme all your lunch money.”
(Target holds his coat high over his head to create the illusion of size, stands very still, and tries to control his heart rate and breathing because they can smell the fear.)
The Lighter Side of the Moon 
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