The Steps to Prevent your Child from being Bullied

These are some, among many steps to help to prevent your child from being bullied:

1. Explain to the child who is being bullied or teased (in a sensitive way) exactly why the other child is teasing him.
2. Explain to the child that he is showing the bullies that the teasing is bothering and upsetting him.
3.Help the child to have a definite plan in order to stop the other child’s teasing.
(If the child has a plan, he will more than likely not only stick to it, but be so involved in building strategies to stop the teasing, that he will no longer appear vulnerable to the teaser.)
4.Help the child to make a list of the comments that the teaser is making.(If the child has a list such as this, he then has “ammunition” with which to diffuse those remarks, and therefore, the teasing.)
5.Practice with the child as to how to respond if the teaser “strikes again.” The teacher should coach the child and help him to decide on the method that the child will use to stop the teasing.
6. Greet the teaser by bringing at least one friend with you. Use the teaser’s name.
7. Stay out of the environment where the teaser resides.
8. Use humor.
9. As a last resort, have the teacher/parent intercede and speak to the teaser. The only safe way to do this, however, in order to avoid further repercussions with the teaser, is for the teacher/parent to actually witness the teasing.
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