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Elgin youth urges interrupting bullying early in tie to domestic violence during council's awareness proclamation
Summary
A 17-year-old Bastrop County Youth Advisory Board president told council about the Stop It Before It Starts campaign, describing how subtle bullying behaviors can escalate into abusive adult relationships; the remarks accompanied the council's proclamation recognizing domestic violence and bullying-prevention month.
Nell Salinas, a 17-year-old high school junior and president of the Bastrop County Youth Advisory Board, addressed Elgin City Council during the Sept. 16 meeting to connect bullying-prevention work with domestic-violence prevention. Salinas described a sequence of subtle behaviors'mocking gestures, belittling remarks, and undermining confidence'that she said can erode a young person's sense of judgment and later normalize controlling behavior in…
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