The basic definition of intimidation is when someone keeps doing or saying what you should have power over another individual. Bullying involves crossing into someone's space without permission.



Isn't bullying just something which happens to all children and we're just generating a fuss over this? The children will get over it, right? Shouldn't we tell kids to build up and handle it? Inappropriate. Bullying happens to several children and adults shouldn't always be ignoring it.



Tips for parents:

Encourage your child for you to report any bullying incidents to your account.

Validate your child's emotions. It is normal for your son or daughter to feel hurt, sad, in addition to angry.

Ask your child how he/she has tried to prevent the bullying. Asking questions marvelous way to have your child do the thinking.

Ask how is he/she likely to solve this. We want the kid to do the thinking before we jump in. See how many options he can put together.

Coach your child with alternatives. Ideally the best solution is getting the child solve this without everyone interfering. Most of the time period unfortunately, this isn't possible. Share these strategies: avoidance is often an excellent strategy, playing in a unique place, play a different online game, stay near a supervisor, search for new friends, join social activities over and above school.

Talk with your kid's teacher. Make sure they are aware of what's going on.

Encourage your child to look for help from other school workers.

Volunteer to help supervise activities at school.

Do not ignore your child's reports. Ignoring them sends an incorrect message.

Do not deal with the bully or the bullies' loved ones.

Teach your child the way to defend him or herself.

Train self-respect.

Give numerous positive comments for a child.

Avoid labeling or maybe name-calling.

Let your child know it is okay to express their wrath. There are positive and negative strategies to express anger, we want to show and model the positive methods.

Let your children stand up to you now and then. It makes it more likely they will stand up to a bully.

Stress the importance of body language.

Teach your son or daughter to use 'I' statements.

Train positive self-talk.

Teach the way to use humor, 'out crazy' these people. For example, if the bully says for a child, "Hey, boy you're ugly".

Your child can respond in a couple different ways:

"Thanks for sharing"

"Yes, I am aware, I always have been"

"Yes, today's lunch was disgusting" then walk away. There is many other aspects of bullying to check out: Why your child is the actual victim, why people bully, what we child can do if he/she will be bullied, signs your child has bullied, what the schools needs to be doing, handling the school tour bus issues.