Adults often inappropriately ignore bullying as "just part of growing up," says family security consultant and author Gavin DeBecker. Although children can often be cruel, systematic or violent bullying needs parental involvement. DeBecker says that unchecked bullying can lead to attendance problems, poor self image and even deadly violence against the bully or the victim.
This modern method of intimidating others takes place through both the Internet and on cellphones through text messaging. A parent who understands cyberbullying is better able to determine whether her child is being bullied or ...
As a parent or caregiver, you can use stories to help your child learn how to respond to bullies in healthy ways. Joanne and Arrica Rose Scaglione, in "Bully-Proofing Children: A Practical, Hands-On Guide to Stop Bullying," exp...
Cyberbullying involves harassing, demeaning, embarrassing or threatening behavior between minors through technology such as email, texting, instant messages, chat rooms and more. Cyberbullying situations involve several inciden...
Government and private organizations work with school systems and parents nationwide in anti-bullying campaigns designed toward prevention and intervention. Anti-bullying education includes role-playing techniques and games tha...
When teasing is constant, unkind and hurtful to a child, caregivers should treat it as a bullying problem, according to the Nemours Foundation. If your child is suffering because he's being bullied, you can take some steps to r...
Kids are supposed to go to school to learn about reading, writing and arithmetic. Unfortunately, school children also learn about bullies. A bully can make each day a traumatic experience for a child. A bully can cause both ph...
Bullying occurs when a child is hit, teased or harassed by another child. If your child has been a victim of bullies, he may suffer short-term and long-term consequences. Bullied children may have fears about going to school, d...
Most schools have anti-bullying policies, yet most school-age children know who the bullies in their classrooms are. For most kids, bullying is painful and makes it difficult for them to learn and play, but once they are away f...
There are many life-long effects of bullying on children during school, from mental illness to low self-esteem to suicide. While suicide is rare in bullied children, the other effects of bullying are also devastating and last w...
It only takes one incident of bullying for a child to learn that he can intimidate someone smaller than him into giving him his way. The more bullying is rewarded in this manner, the more your son will come to rely on it. It is...
Cyberbullying occurs when a child or teenager is insulted, tormented or harassed while using a digital device such as a computer or a cell phone. It has become increasingly popular as more people begin to use technology and soc...
