Inculcate Healthy Relationships within the Family To Prevent Bullying

We have always known that love begins at home. Parents have the foremost responsibility in inculcating healthy relationships for the children to live by, especially when they start living their own lives outside home.

As cases of suicides brought about by severe bullying were reported even in kids younger as 11 years old, socialists are now trying to arm parents all over the world to be vigilant and be proactive in preventing such a case from happening to their children. One such strategy for prevention would be to let the children instill in their minds an understanding of having a healthy relationship as an essential part of living.

We must understand that there will be no bullies only if all families live by the doctrine of a healthy relationship within. There have been studies that indicate bullies as individuals with low self-esteem, most probably due to an unloving family. Likewise, if your child lives in a family that respects individuality, they will be more understanding towards other children and that they will not be easily bullied since they can very well converse properly what they think is right and wrong. So parents, again and again, should be the one to start for their children how it is to live in a healthy environment, and that is in the home.

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100201/OPINION/2010367/-1/NEWS06

Parents Must Be Aware Against Rampant Cases of Cyberbullying

Bullying as we all know has been present since the beginning of time. Even the years before us, there have been cases of bullying in school, at home and even in the workplace. It has become a part of the culture though sadly it should not have been.

What is sadder than this thought is the fact that bullying has evolved into a more atrocious and horrendous act of violence. Before when a child is being bullied at school, he can still go home and be at peace there without the worries that bullies will taunt them at home. But today, because of the onset of technology, bullying does not stop at the four walls of the campus. Because bullies can send texts, call on the phone and even post derogatory remarks via the social sites in the internet only to bully a child.

In fact, more and more cases of cyber bullying have been reported. And these abhorrent cases were even the cause of suicide of the bullied child. That is why, parents must not only look at the cases of bullying in school but must also safeguard their children in all the facets bullies will make use of only to torment a child. It is always best to maintain a healthy and open communication with your child in order for you to know before things get worse if indeed he or she is a victim of bullying, most especially the cyber kind.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-renee/bullying-school-texting-c_b_437476.html

Bullied Student Retaliate with Violence

Crivitz High School junior Brett Bedora could not take anymore the bullying that he has to go through at school, so he fought back. Unfortunately his efforts were not commendable since he retaliated with violence.

What happened with Bedora is a consequence of a community who could not directly be of help to victims of bullying in school. That is why; kids tend to fight back themselves, which shouldn’t be the case. But what can a kid do? This is where tougher laws and a stronger support system from the school comes in, we need it in our community, we need it for the kids - before it is too late.

http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=11929600

Bullied Kids are Helpless

How do you help your child from being helpless? That is the question most parents are pondering on upon learning that their child is being bullied from school. We have heard and even known stories of bullying that left children helpless and even their parents are powerless too. Even teachers are unable to defend students from being bullied right at the school campus.

When a child reports to a parent that he is being bullied at school, what should a parent do? Report it to the school administrators? Then what? The school will advise parents to wait while the complaint will be investigated? And during the” waiting period”, the child is still being bullied. That’s helplessness.

What do we need to do? Do we have to wait for more harrowing suicides caused by too much bullying? Now is the time to be proactive. It takes involvement of everyone concern; parents, teachers, media and most importantly the government. If the call for a more unswerving and meticulous prevention of bullying will be topmost priority of everyone, there would be no more helplessness and no more deaths.

News item:

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100204bullied_kids_helpless_against_attacks/srvc=home

Bullying VS Your Child's Health

Studies have shown that children who underwent chronic bullying at school have the tendencies to develop the risks of mental illnesses. It is an alarming study, especially for parents who only want the best for their children. But how do you protect your child from these abhorrent situations when most bullying happens at school? We thought schools will be a safe haven for our children but it seems that this four-walled world our children go to every day could be the cause of their mental disorder.

Parents therefore must be armed with the right tools in combating bullying and eventually safeguard the children’s best interest, whether at school, in the community or even at home. One of these tools would be the primary understanding on what to do in case the child is indeed a victim of bullying. Likewise, it is advisable for parents to be surrounded with the right people who really know the right procedures to take to prevent and combat bullying, like the school management, counseling groups, psychiatrists or even organizations that works for the end of bullying.

It is best to be prepared and well-equipped with the right tools. This could greatly mean a lot, especially when the time comes that your child report to you that he is bullied at school. Remember, as parents, we are the primary guardians of our child’s safety and well-being.

(news item: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1175953/Bullying-childhood-multiplies-risk-mental-illness.html

The Government Must Take Charge Against Bullying

Parents value the need for stricter laws against bullying, for it is never an easy feat when a parent knows that his child is being bullied at school, much worse when a parent knows of it too late. This is the case of Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, 11, from Massachusetts. His mother knew of the ordeal his son has to go through at school only because Carl committed suicide at a very young age.

It was only when the clamor hit its highest peak then the government of Massachusetts saw the need for stringent measures against bullying. This should not be the case. The government does not need news about kids committing suicides due to bullying to push them to take action. They must take action now, not later.

Parents have the foremost clamor, but it is up to the government to take the issue at hand by drafting stricter laws against bullying. Hopefully, the untimely death of Joseph will be the light to secure a safer world for all of our children to live in.

(news item: http://abcnews.go.com/WN/anti-bullying-efforts-gain-mass/story?id=9103058)