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queenofthorns just pointed this article out to me. It's an amazing program/study that basically reduces bullying and helps kids to become more empathetic through controlled interactions with babies.

When the program was implemented on a large scale ... it achieved an “effect size” that ... translates to reducing the proportion of students who get into fights from 15 percent to 8 percent, close to a 50 percent reduction.

Follow up studies have found that outcomes are maintained or enhanced three years after the program ends.

“When they talk about protecting kids in schools, they talk about gun shields, cameras, lights, but never about the internal environment. But safe is not about the rules – it’s about how the youngsters feel inside.”

Brilliant.