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How to address disruptive behavior in small communities

Our neighborhood book club has been meeting for three years and it's become this really meaningful thing for most of us, but there's one person who consistently dominates the discussion and doesn't seem to pick up on social cues, and we've all been too polite to address it directly but it's starting to make others not want to come.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The cost of avoiding difficult conversations often falls most heavily on those with the least power to change the situation.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.