Encourage Your Kids to Open Up with You

We have heard of stories about instances of bullying where the victims ultimately have to tragically end their young lives only to escape such torments. Horrible for any parent to read or hear in the news, but it is a sad reality. Bullying has been with us for so many years, in the school or at the workplace. Everywhere you go there will always be someone trying to bully you. The worse part today is because of the onslaught of technology, bullying has evolved over the years. Bullies are found in the halls of the school, in the canteen, in the school bus and now even in the internet. Cyber bullying has risen to an alarming number and still we could not do anything about it. Much like we could not do anything to prevent its physical counterpart.

As parents we can do everything to prevent cases of violent bullying against our children escalating to a horrible consequence. That is, to let our children open up with us everything that has been going on in their lives. We must be our children’s friends apart from the parents that we are. We must know when and how to listen to them in order for our children to be open with us. In this sense, we could guide them in situations when they are taunted, teased or bullied. We could easily make the necessary action to prevent further bullying on our child just because we know of the situation first hand.

Encouraging you kid to open up with you can be an essential tool to prevent any kind of bullying to ever happening to your child. Because even before things go out of hand, you already have the knowledge of the situation beforehand and this gives you more time to plan and act on it, before things escalate to an even bigger dilemma.

http://www.news.com.au/national/bullying-survey-victim-felt-isolated-and-ashamed/story-e6frfkvr-1225835405490

Physical Bullying Down, Cyber Bullying may be Up

As a parent, will you be happy to know that according to recent reports, physical bullying number is down but cyber bullying is rising? Do you think that since bullying now is hiding in the pretense of social networking sites hence it is far less harmful than the obvious physical torments by school bullies? I do not think so. Bullying might have evolved over the years but it is still what it is, bullying. In reality, more and more young kids abhor the idea of cyber bullying than its physical counterpart. This is so because the internet is the social avenue of the young people and being bullied there is far worse than being physically bullied at school. Being bullied in social sites like Facebook or Myspace is a death altogether of their social life, period. Therefore, the numbers does not count. In fact, it is even more abhorrent because cyber bullying is more difficult to trace and prevent.


http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/86438267.html

Arm the School with the Right Tool to Combat Bullying

Parents can finally heave a sigh of relief in terms of combating bullying in schools, only if these schools will take a proactive stand in the issue, like what happened in Colorado. School administrators in Colorado banded together to fight the violence that is creeping innocent children within their jurisdiction. Bullies no more as they have taken a rather down to business stance against bullying.

This is what schools all over the world should follow as well. Instead of waiting for things to go out of hand, why not band yourselves together and start acting as one. One in the fight against bullying. One in preserving security and safety of all children.

http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=396980

Finally, there is now a Law to Combat Bullying in Schools!

There is now a law that requires stringent measures against school bullying in Ontario Canada. This is the first ever measure that was passed in the said province that would really help a lot in preventing bullying in schools. Hopefully, more provinces not just in Canada but in the US as well to follow suit.

The said law requires school staff to be very vigilant in reporting any signs of bullying in their premises. In this way, even before the violent case erupts into a more serious one, proper authorities will easily prevent it.


http://www.news.ontario.ca/edu/en/2009/06/keeping-our-kids-safe-at-school.html