... their child feel different at school." Amanda Almodovar says she encounters such families in her work as an elementary school social worker in Alamance County, N.C., where homelessness and unemployment are rising. "I had one parent who said ...

... a reaction, so crying or getting mad usually prolongs or escalates the teasing, said Judy Freedman, an elementary-school social worker and author of "Easing the Teasing: Helping Your Child Cope with Name-Calling, Ridicule and Verbal Bullying ...