Tip Tuesday - April 16

Help Your Child Deal With Bullying At School Tips:

Role Play with your Child
Role-play with your child of some situations that happened. You play the bully and let your child

practice her responses. This will help your child with their confidence and be able to handle situations easier because they have practiced with you.

Talk to Other Adults
Talk to other adults that could watch your child for you. You may know someone that volunteers at school on the playground or at lunch break so they can be aware of what is happening and can keep an eye on things for you.

Keeping a Journal or Diary
Purchase a journal or diary for your child so that they can write down there feelings on paper. They need to get their feeling out somehow and if they are not expressing all their feelings to you, at least they have somewhere to write down how they feel and to release it from their minds.

En-roll them in Self-Confidence Classes
En-roll your child in a self-confidence class, like Tae-Kwon-Do or marshal arts. It is important to build up their self-confidence and this could help your child. Anything that can build up their self-confidence as a person is great for your children.

Follow-Up
Follow-up with your child to find out how the bullying situation is going at school and what is or isn't working. Keep an open communication with them so that you know what is going on at school. Keeping an open communication with your child will also help them know that you care what is going on and that you are there to help assist them with the problems that they are facing in their daily life.

Purchase Some Books on Bullying for your child
There are many great books out there to help your child with bullying. If you read the book with them, this opens up the opportunity for them to open up about the things that are happening to them. Here are some books that are recommended by the National Center of Bullying Prevention that are age appropriate for your child.

Bootsie Barker Bites by Barbara Bottner (ages 3 - 8)
A book about yard bullies

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes (ages 3 - 8)
Chrysanthemum gets teased at her first day of school because of her name.

Arthur's April Fool by Marc Brown (ages 4 - 8)
Arthur worried about remembering his magic tricks for April Fool's Day and Binky's threats to pulverize him.

Thank you, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco (ages 4 - 8)
Classmates tease a girl because she has a reading and learning disability.

Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neil (ages 4 - 8)
The Biggest bully on the school playground is challenged by a new girl at school.

King of the Playground by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (ages 4 - 8)
A young boy overcomes his fear of a boy who will not let him on the playground.

My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig (ages 5 - 8)
A girl confides to her mother that her best friend is treating her badly, and together they figure out what to do.

Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Wester (ages 5 - 8)
Classmates make fun of someone because of a speech impediment.

Nobody Knew What to Do by Becky Ray McCain (ages 6 - 9)
When bullies pick on a boy at school, a classmate is afraid, but decides he must do something.

The Hundred Dress by Eleanor Estes (ages 8 - 10)
A Classic, award winning book about prejudice and understanding

Just Kidding by Judy Ludwig (ages 8 - 12)
This book addresses the topic of teasing and emphasizes that jokes make people feel bad and can damage self-esteem.

Amelia's Bully Survival Guide by Marissa Moss (ages 8-12)
Amelia deals with a class bully.

Blubber by Judy Blume (ages 9 - 12)
A young girl goes along with tormenting a classmate and finds out what it is like to be a target herself.

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