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Pain Of Peer Rejection Follows Children Into Adulthood, Says Umaine Researcher, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

Children rejected and taunted by their peers suffer in silence, their plight often going undetected or ignored by educators, according to a University of Maine researcher who cautions that negative labeling can severely affect a child's self-identity and lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy of unacceptable adult behavior.