#007 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Dr. Jennifer Fraser, PhD, Author and driver behind End Bullying & Abuse in Sport

Off the Pitch with Active

I have learned so much in my research into adult behaviours and how it affect our children. This is something I like to share with other like minded parents. In this episode, I am very fortunate to be talking to Dr. Jennifer Fraser, PhD

I heard Dr. Jennifer Fraser for the first time on Reed Maltbie’s podcast the “Coaching Code”

Dr. Jennifer Fraser is an author, researcher and sought-after international speaker on bullying, abuse and harassment done by adults. With a PhD in Comparative Literature, she brings together different discourses such as neuroscience, literature, journalism and psychology in order to question and improve the way we educate children and young adults.

Dr. Jennifer Fraser, PhD, has developed a ground-breaking approach to bullying that she first articulated in her 2015 book Teaching Bullies. Her focus is on coaches and teachers as she asks the question: Is bullying learned behaviour? If so, who’s teaching it?

Episode Overview

05:345 Insight to Dr Fraser’s work and story of her son being bullied by a coach in a school where she was teaching.

13:15 How is a child’s brain working when being subject to bullying and why talking about it now?

18:40 MRI show that scars in the brain of an emotionally abused child are the same as scars of a sexually abused child.

26:00 Society is changing the way we operate and communicate using social cues???

28:00 What can parents expect when their child join, a sporting club for the first time and do we need to change our behavior?

36:05 Neuron scientists say that at 13 the brain goes into a massive developmental change. They are very emotional sensitive and a yelling coach can affect the child’s performance at school.

42:20 Coach of the year in UK Russel Smith, Street Games.

44:50 Discovered the signs of emotional bullying in her son wasn’t easy.

57:00 Closing words from Dr. Fraser

105:00 Special offer