In this article, the author responds to a teacher's request for advice on what she can do about the bossy behavior of one of her students which she is worried may escalate to bullying. The author provides some strategies on how to help the child who constantly tries to control others. She also suggests finding other attributes besides the child's…

Assertive discipline is a slick response to the genuine frustrations of teachers trying to manage large classrooms of energetic students. Assertive discipline panders to teachers' defensiveness about their work and ignores significant rights that students have. (CJ)

Assertive discipline is an inappropriate classroom management method. To determine the necessary nature and amount of classroom control, analysis of the aims of education and of the growing body of child development and social psychology theories and research is necessary. (CJ)