10 Things to Tell Your Child About Bullying
There is nothing I want more than to protect my kids from the damaging and hurtful effects of bullying. I pray that my children will never be the bully, and I hope that they know how to react if they ever witness any type of bullying behavior.
Bullying is very real, and it’s very dangerous.
As parents, we need to empower our children with the knowledge of communication around bullying. Have conversations with your children year round to ensure they know what bullying is and know how to react if they ever witness it.
Here are 10 things to tell your children about bullying:
- Bullying has no age. Individuals can encounter is at any age, so the earlier you teach a child how to act and react, the better.
- Don’t be friend with bullies.
- Report any bully behavior to an adult and walk away. Don’t stick around to watch the action unfold.
- Being a bystander or witness does not mean that you have zero responsibility in taking actions.
- Once a bully, always a bully. Make it a point to be friends with those who are victims of bullying-they’re the ones who could really use a friend.
- Remember that words really can’t hurt you.they are hurtful and mean but they are just words. Never lose sight of that.
- The old saying, “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer” certainly does not apply to bullies. Steer clear of them.
- If you personally experience bullying, report it, remove yourself from the situation and disengage with the bully.
- If you experience bulling online, report the post or comment to an adult and the social platform it was on and block the person from being able to contact you in the future.
- No one ever deserves to be bullied. Never.
This is such an important topic. Nipping bullying in the bud at home is the best way to get rid of it. Parents need to educate their children and ensure they are raising kind little humans. There is no reason for kids to be bullies and it is up to parents to make sure it doesn’t happen. Great article!
I love this- I’m so excited to become a mom, but one of my greatest fears is bullying. What do you if your kid is getting bullied? What do you tell them? What if your kid IS the bully? Thanks for the helpful article!
I LOVE this! It’s so sad that we still deal with on the daily basis. But empowering them with information that helps them deal with this in a positive manner is the best thing we can do. 🙂
Thank you! Its hard to know how to handle these types of situations and your article is a great guide
SOOOO true!!! I think that everyone needs to be educated about bullying!
Wonderful tips and such an important topic for kids and really everyone, as you are right there is no age. 💕
Wonderful list of tips, though I don’t completely agree with #5 I know of one or two people who were bullies when I was in Grade/Middle school but later became quite friendly. During the time they were being a bully they themselves were having a difficult time at home with toxic situations or being bullied themselves which later changes in life and they learn and grow knowing bullying isn’t the right way to go about life.
that’s fair! 🙂
this is great
Yes bullying is a serious matter and should teach the kids when they’re young how to deal with bullies and how not to become one
Thanks for sharing. I will talk to my daughter about this later.
I had gone through different types of bullying. I am not racist. When I was around 4-5 year old kid, some girl thought I look good and fair compared to her. She looked brownish and her brother blackish. So she and her brother would beat me up brutally enough that would give me bad injuries. I used to hear people hate black color but in my case it was opposite. By the way, I believe beauty lies in the soul and not the skin 🙂
Bullying is such a huge issue with kids. We have found in our experience that having the school counselor mediate is can make a major impact. My son found that his bully really didn’t understand that his actions were being hurtful because it was how he was treated at home. I think the statement that once a bully always a bully, can be harmful when pertaining to children…we never know what they’re dealing with and they’re still young enough to switch gears. Sometimes a little empathy can change their path more than we know.
This is such a grave issue that children are facing. The form of bullying has changed over the time but the issue remains the same. really nice of you to start a conversation around this topic.
This is such good advice to tell your children and others in general. Words really can hurt, and can stay with some people longer than you realise. Great post.
Bullying is a crime! Very informative post!
This is so important to teach your children while their young. Bullying, like you mentioned, has no age and learning how to deal with it early makes you a much stronger and better person in the long run.
This is all true. When I was a child I’m a victim of bullying.and it’s very traumatic. I think parents should protect their children from the bully people and the main important is always give time to ask their children about their feelings or anything because bully is very serious matter.
I love this and it’s so important being that kids are sadly taking their own lives a a result of negative actions.
Bullying is a no no, and great tips that you’ve shared. And let’s be honest, that sometimes these tips wouldn’t work to a person especially to a bully. If it doesn’t work – then stand-up for yourself let the bully taste a piece of you, so they learn the lesson hard.
Whether bullying is physical or verbal, if it’s not stopped it can lead to more aggressive antisocial … As difficult as it may be to process this news, it’s important to deal with it right away. Bullying is a darn crime and kids should be thoroughly educated about it.
True. We are not deserve to be bullied so its best to take action and remove ourselves from the situation.
Great list….though no. 5 can be a bit harsh. Just mho!
Bullying is such a terrible thing and if it happens I think that it is so important to address it immediately.
Having been bullied myself, this is an important conversation I love to have with every kid and teenager around me. No one deserves to be bullied and no one deserves the emotional consequences and trauma the victim experiences and so we must do right by our children.