Once you’ve established that something has happened that sounds like bullying, it’s time for the child to do a little assessment to figure out if the problem needs to be acted upon, and if so, how. The following are 6 questions your child can ask themselves while in the bullying situation, and afterward, when analyzing it

If your child used to talk to you, but now shuts down when talking about emotional things, this could very well just be a product of “growing pains” (young children talk openly to their parents much more than preadolescents and adolescents do), or the child may be humiliated about something, or it may be that you’ve reacted badly in the past or given off the wrong signals without meaning to.

One of the surest ways to know that your child will tell you when something is really wrong is to be there for the silly problems. As adults, we know that most of the “problems” kids go on and on about are .. . well, really trivial. And some kids are phenomenally long-winded miniature drama […]

In 2018, Study.com ran a survey that found 1 in 5 teachers witness bullying in the classroom every day, yet only 23% of teachers feel confident educating students about bullying. Shocked by these stats, Study.com collected bullying prevention tips from experts in the field to better support teachers working to address bullying every single day. […]

Sometimes you can’t wait for the child to come around to talk about their bullying situation. If you already have evidence that something’s seriously wrong (the child is coming home with torn clothes, or continually fakes illnesses, or you’ve seen threatening e-mails, for example), you’ll have to take a more forward approach. “I see a […]

Learning how to talk to your child about bullying is not an easy task. I have developed a set of questions to help you create a productive conversation with your child. Instead of trying to pull teeth out to get your child to respond, ask questions that lead to deeper responses. You can modify these […]

The Bully Proofing Prescription: Phase One: Recognize – Continued Before we move onto how to talk to your children about bullying, let’s talk first about the differences between how boys and girls handle a bullying conversation. The Differences when speaking to boys and girls about bullying Boys are generally more sensitive than girls about exposing […]

Three steps make up the bully proofing prescription: Recognize, Act, and Preserve (RAP). This will be a long section so I will break it into bite size chunks over a series of different posts Bullying is meant to humiliate, and it does its job quite well. Often, bullied kids are so embarrassed that they don’t […]