PREVENT SCHOOL BULLYING
3. INSTILL HEALTHY HABITS.
It’ s very important to instill an anti-bullying mindset. But this includes more than just teaching your child not to hit, shove or tease other kids. Kids should learn that being critical, judgmental, making hurtful jokes and spreading rumors are also unhealthy and constitute bullying. It’ s also never too early to teach your kids about responsible online behavior. Cyberbullying is a big issue among kids today.
4. EMPOWER YOUR KIDS.
Give your kids tools for dealing with bullying like walking away, telling an adult or telling the bully in a firm voice to stop. You also should teach your kids how to report bullying when they witness it. Research shows that most kids feel powerless to help when they see another person being bullied. Equip them with ideas on how to handle these difficult situations.
5. BECOME FAMILIAR WITH YOUR SCHOOL ' S POLICIES.
It’ s important to have a firm grasp on how bullying is handled at your child’ s school. Not only will you know which person to call if something happens, but you also will have clear expectations of how the situation may be handled.
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6. REPORT BULLYING INCIDENTS.
Contact school personnel and ask to meet with them in person if your child is bullied. By holding a faceto-face meeting, you are demonstrating that you’ re committed to seeing this issue resolved. You may also want to document all bullying incidents in case the situation escalates and law enforcement or other outside sources need to be contacted.
7. BE AN ADVOCATE.
While it’ s important to voice your support for bullying prevention, it’ s also important to offer your time. Volunteer to work with your child’ s teachers or your school’ s guidance counselor to develop an anti-bullying program. If your school already has a program in place, offer to help when events and fundraisers are held.
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