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

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