When Pupils Use Friendships As A Weapon

When Pupils Use Friendships As A Weapon

June 28, 2026 · 25 min · Season 1 · Episode 281

About this episode

This episode explores how pupils use friendships as a weapon through relational aggression, impacting their emotional well-being and behaviour.

Some behaviour problems don’t start with defiance, disruption or poor emotional control. They actually start when pupils use relationships to humiliate or exclude another child in their friendship group. In this episode of School Behaviour Secrets, you’ll discover how Relational Aggression affects pupils in both primary and secondary schools, why it’s so easy for adults to miss and how it can drive anxiety, dysregulation and sudden changes in behaviour. You’ll also find out how the PAIN Frame...

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