Topic
Bullying at school
When your child is bullied, when your child is the bully, and when the bully is an adult.
Articles
- My Child Is Being Bullied at School and Won't Tell MeMany bullied children say nothing at home. Why they keep it inside, the signs to watch for, and how to become the person your child tells first.
- How to Talk to the School About BullyingYour child has told you they are being bullied. How to prepare for the school meeting, what to say in the room, why it can help to say it in front of your child, and what to do if nothing changes.
- Teaching Your Child to Stand Up to a Bully"Just walk away" is not always the answer. How to teach a child to answer a bully to their face, with words and a straight back, what to practise at home, and when walking away is still right.
- What If My Child Is the Bully?The school calls, and this time your child is the one hurting others. The first question to ask yourself, the signs, and how to deal with it firmly, without hands.
- When Your Daughter Is Being BulliedBullying among girls is often words, rumours and being left out, and it can cut deep. What it looks like, what her mother and her father can each give her, and the sentence she needs to hear at home.
- When a Teacher Bullies Your ChildSometimes the person humiliating a child at school is the adult in charge. How to tell a strict teacher from a bullying one, why children rarely report it, and what a parent can do.
- The Clown Who Needs a Crowd: A Reflection on BullyingA slower look at bullying: the child who mocks, the child who is mocked, the crowd that laughs and the adult who looks away. What each of them is missing, and what a home can give back.
- Sibling Bullying: The Moments That Last Into Adulthood"You were always the favourite." "You ruined everything." A word from a brother, a cruel game, a parent who didn't step in. A reflective essay on sibling moments that stay for decades, and how parents can protect children now.