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Passive Aggressive Diaries

Understanding passive aggressive behavior in families, schools, and workplaces

Social Networking
The Gift that Keeps on Distracting

Signe Whitson L.S.W., C-SSWS on January 7, 2014

How do you ensure that your child uses his new smartphone wisely? Here are 10 guidelines to promote respectful, responsible use of your child’s new gadget.

How do you ensure that your child uses his new smartphone wisely? Here are 10 guidelines to promote respectful, responsible use of your child’s new gadget.

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Passive Aggressive Behavior in Children & Adolescents:

Signe Whitson L.S.W., C-SSWS on January 1, 2014

Passive aggressive children and adolescents have a knack for behaving in socially appropriate yet subtly exasperating ways that can make even the most patient, level-headed adult explode in anger.

Passive aggressive children and adolescents have a knack for behaving in socially appropriate yet subtly exasperating ways that can make even the most patient, level-headed adult explode in anger.

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Passive Aggression in the Classroom: Student vs. Student

Signe Whitson L.S.W., C-SSWS on December 5, 2013

Passive aggression is damaging to relationships in the long run and most people who find themselves on the receiving end of this behavior style feel worn down by the pattern of covert hostility.

Passive aggression is damaging to relationships in the long run and most people who find themselves on the receiving end of this behavior style feel worn down by the pattern of covert hostility.

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Passive Aggressive Behavior: Student vs. Teacher

Signe Whitson L.S.W., C-SSWS on November 19, 2013

Passive aggressive behavior is a deliberate but masked way of expressing angry feelings. From procrastination at home to sabotage in the workplace and hidden revenge among "friends," passive aggression can be expressed in many different ways, with the common goal of getting back at another person without having to confront or communicate directly.

Passive aggressive behavior is a deliberate but masked way of expressing angry feelings. From procrastination at home to sabotage in the workplace and hidden revenge among "friends," passive aggression can be expressed in many different ways, with the common goal of getting back at another person without having to confront or communicate directly.

Bullying
Why Kids Choose Not to Intervene During Bullying Situations

Signe Whitson L.S.W., C-SSWS on October 29, 2013

It’s worth taking extra time to acknowledge that stopping bullying is not as easy as it sounds on a tip sheet. For kids, who are often in the very best position to stop the bullying that occurs in their midst, the barriers to intervention are very real and quite formidable.

It’s worth taking extra time to acknowledge that stopping bullying is not as easy as it sounds on a tip sheet. For kids, who are often in the very best position to stop the bullying that occurs in their midst, the barriers to intervention are very real and quite formidable.

Anger
3 Ways to Help Kids Make Friends with Their Anger

Signe Whitson L.S.W., C-SSWS on September 24, 2013

Adults often struggle with effectively communicating their angry feelings. For children, this challenge is doubly difficult; kids don’t want to get in trouble for expressing themselves aggressively, but they often lack the skills for communicating assertively.

Adults often struggle with effectively communicating their angry feelings. For children, this challenge is doubly difficult; kids don’t want to get in trouble for expressing themselves aggressively, but they often lack the skills for communicating assertively.

Bullying
12 Do’s and Don’ts for Stopping Bullying

Signe Whitson L.S.W., C-SSWS on September 2, 2013

What dedicated champions of children--who are pressed for time and overloaded with information--want is sometimes as simple as a list of Do’s and Don’ts.

What dedicated champions of children--who are pressed for time and overloaded with information--want is sometimes as simple as a list of Do’s and Don’ts.

Bullying
Giving Kids a Voice to Stop Bullying

Signe Whitson L.S.W., C-SSWS on August 25, 2013

For those who are targeted by cruel peers, it can seem as if there is no escape from cruel teasing, taunting, and texting. In this world of constant contact, children need to know how to communicate effectively.

For those who are targeted by cruel peers, it can seem as if there is no escape from cruel teasing, taunting, and texting. In this world of constant contact, children need to know how to communicate effectively.

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The Passive Aggressive Conflict Cycle

Signe Whitson L.S.W., C-SSWS on July 24, 2013

The Passive Aggressive Conflict Cycle describes and predicts the endless, repetitive cycles of conflict that occur when a passive aggressive individual succeeds in getting someone else to act out their anger for them.

The Passive Aggressive Conflict Cycle describes and predicts the endless, repetitive cycles of conflict that occur when a passive aggressive individual succeeds in getting someone else to act out their anger for them.

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9 Common Phrases of a Passive Aggressive Workplace

Signe Whitson L.S.W., C-SSWS on May 26, 2013

By the nature of their covert and justifiable acts, passive aggressive employees are skilled workplace saboteurs. As chronic insubordinates and covert troublemakers, they are professionals when it comes to frustrating colleagues and employers.

By the nature of their covert and justifiable acts, passive aggressive employees are skilled workplace saboteurs. As chronic insubordinates and covert troublemakers, they are professionals when it comes to frustrating colleagues and employers.

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Confronting Passive Aggressive Behavior

Signe Whitson L.S.W., C-SSWS on May 4, 2013

In relationships, passive aggressive behaviors are often used to avoid the direct confrontation of short-term conflict, but in the long-term, these dynamics can be even more destructive than outright aggression.

In relationships, passive aggressive behaviors are often used to avoid the direct confrontation of short-term conflict, but in the long-term, these dynamics can be even more destructive than outright aggression.

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Passive Aggressive Minds Think Alike

Signe Whitson L.S.W., C-SSWS on March 6, 2013

One of the most common sources of family conflict has to do with sibling jealousies and all of the ways that envy rears its ugly head through passive aggressive behaviors.

One of the most common sources of family conflict has to do with sibling jealousies and all of the ways that envy rears its ugly head through passive aggressive behaviors.

Relationships
Is Your Child a Limit Tester?

Signe Whitson L.S.W., C-SSWS on December 19, 2012

Do you have a child who follows the letter of the law, but violates its spirit entirely? How do you respond when your little one defends her defiance with thinly-veiled justifications and argues with the cleverness of a courtroom attorney?

Do you have a child who follows the letter of the law, but violates its spirit entirely? How do you respond when your little one defends her defiance with thinly-veiled justifications and argues with the cleverness of a courtroom attorney?