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When You Want To Hit A Bully Follow-up

This week I posted a blog titled “When You Want To Hit A Bully” and I just wanted to follow up on the story. The other day we told my son to hit the kid who had been bullying him for the last year at the bus stop. We felt like we had exhausted all other possibilities. My husband remembered when he was in junior high and a certain boy constantly bullied him. But one day my husband went up to the bully and hit him. After that the bully left him alone. So we felt like the action was … Continue reading →

When You Want To Hit A Bully

I recently read a post to an article that Kori Rodley-Irons wrote titled “What if You Don’t Like Your Child’s Friend?” and I wanted to respond to it. Katie-Anne wrote “I’d like to see an article that advises us moms on what to do when you want to go slap one of your kid’s classmates because they were mean to your child and he’s cried himself to sleep for a week as a result! ROFL I can’t be the only mom to have these completely irrational thoughts am I?” No Katie-Anne you are not the only mom who has had … Continue reading →

Helping Your Child Stand Up To Bullies

Unfortunately bullies are common in the lives of many children. I know that my own son has been bullied. Bullies use fear and often a larger size to get away with tormenting others. Bullying can be physical like kicking and tripping or more emotional like gossiping and exclusion. Children who are bullies have little empathy and enjoy dominating others. They have a positive attitude toward aggression and are often impulsive. A bully can be a boy or a girl, although their methods usually differ. Bullies usually pick on those that can’t or won’t protect themselves. So here are some ways … Continue reading →

Bullies & Weight Loss

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When it comes to schools, kids and obesity – there is a threat to getting overweight children more active in sports and PE because of the bullies who will taunt and tease. As we all know, children can be horribly cruel. It’s not just the bullies, but the other children that will jump in to make the statements because they see the reaction the others get as well. An overweight child who wants to get involved needs to have their confidence and self-esteem built; peer victimization destroys self-confidence and esteem. In fact, the more a kid is teased whether they … Continue reading →

Preventing Bullying

What is Bullying? Bullying can take many forms: physical, emotional, verbal, or a combination. It involves an imbalance of power where the victim feels upset, while the bully is in control. The bully also lacks compassion or concern for the child being bullied. “Being bullied is not just an unpleasant rite of passage through childhood,” said Duane Alexander, M.D., director of the National Institute of Child Health. “It’s a public health problem that merits attention. People who were bullied as children are more likely to suffer from depression and low self esteem, well into adulthood, and the bullies themselves are … Continue reading →