Here's how martial arts tournaments can help your child stand up to bullies and also prevent being targeted by bullies. As with any type of school, parents should do their homework to find the most Read more...
Bullies come in all ages and professions, including that of the school principal. When I was in high school, I witnessed the principal grab a boy by the throat and shove him up against a Read more...
Wondering why nobody wants to be your child’s friend? This is called social exclusion, but it can also come with ridicule and hostile behavior. It’s easy to take a generic, overly-broad approach and say, “A Read more...
If you think your small child can’t possibly be a bully because his accuser is bigger, then think again. If adults can be scared of spiders, then it’s certainly believable that the smallest kid in Read more...
Parents of bullies have common traits, and because these common traits have been identified, parents can take action at preventing their children from becoming bullies. This new information comes from a presentation at the Pediatric Read more...
Teaching your kids empathy can be a strong weapon against raising a bully. Ever wonder where the parents of the school bully went wrong? “Bullies come from all kinds of households and every kind of parent/caregiver,” Read more...
Freepik.com Do kids who freely bully classmates think their parents won’t do anything if they find out, or what? Often, a bully is the fruit that doesn’t fall far from the tree, that is, at Read more...
Freepik.com If you're a parent, do you know what things you might be doing that could cause your child to become a bully? Bullying isn't created in a vacuum. “Although bullies may have Read more...
Freepik.com An expert weighs in on if there’s a such thing as a bullyogenic parent, one whose mistakes turn their kids into bully magnets. If humans are a product of their environment, it Read more...
If you hate when someone dismisses the complaints of bully victims as being the product of a weak personality or “babyish” thinking, you’re not alone. It’s funny how the people, who sneer at the complaints Read more...
Sadly, it’s very uncommon for a victim of bullying to report this to their parents, which is why parents need to be hyper-alert to signs of bullying, says Rona Novick, PhD, who developed the BRAVE Read more...
Find out what’s different about kids that makes them a magnet for bullies. I once read of an adolescent boy who was relentlessly bullied at his junior high school: a bully magnet. His mother had Read more...
Shutterstock/fizkes Don't assume that the school bully is spoiled and entitled at home; instead assume that he or she is being bullied by a parent or older sibling. Just what kind of parents Read more...
Shutterstock/Lopolo Do kids become bullies because they were never spanked? I decided to write this article because a person posted a comment to an article about bullying that if more parents spanked their Read more...
