Bullying: What You Can Do
About one in every seven schoolchildren is either a bully or a victim, and about 282,000 students are physically attacked in America's secondary schools each month,the experts say. Here are a few suggestions to help parents and children deal with bullying:
What parents of a bully can do:
- Ask a school psychologist for help.
- Be positive. For every criticism, give your child five compliments or positive statements.
- Do not use physical punishment; use removal of privileges instead.
- Have your child practice more appropriate behavior. For example, if your child pushes a younger sibling away from a toy, have him or her practice asking nicely for it instead.
What parents of a victim can do:
- Keep open the lines of communication with your child.
- Talk to the bully's parents.
- Have your child practice telling the bully to "stop bothering me," then walking away.
- Make teachers aware of the taunts, and document extreme cases of bullying.
What children can do:
- Seek immediate help from an adult.
- Report bullying incidents to school personnel.
- Support a victim (for example, share your lunch with someone whose lunch was stolen).
- Do not join in derisive laughter, teasing or taunts.
- Talk to a bully, either alone or in a group, and ask him or her to quit picking on classmates.
SOURCE: National Association of School Psychologists
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