How to Talk to a Child who is Being a Bully

When confronted with evidence of being a bully, your child or student may respond “I wasn’t being a bully, we were having a fight.”  When faced with this justification, here are some questions you may ask your child to elicit a discussion of what it means to be a bully.  We believe that in this [...]

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Things Not to Say if Your Child is Being Bullied

If your child is being bullied, your first instinct may be to make light of it, in order to help your child or student feel better.  Do not do this.  The most important thing you can do is listen, until you have the whole story – or as much of the story as you are going to get.  [...]

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Third Annual National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week, Oct. 5 – 11

Third Annual National Bullying Prevention Awareness
 
 

 Week, Oct. 5 – 11, Calls on Communities to Unite

From www.pacer.org:
It takes a community to prevent bullying of children. The Third Annual National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week, Oct 5-11, 2008 encourages communities nationwide to work together to increase awareness of the prevalence and impact of bullying on all children.
Families, students, [...]

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Peace is Possible Now

We’ve had so many requests from schools to address bullying and bullying prevention.  When it comes down to it, the best thing that we can do for our children is to be a beacon of hope and love and safety and honor in the world.  This is when and where bullying will cease to exist.
I [...]

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Steps for Taking Care of Bullying

Last night we did a parent program for Holy Trinity Catholic School in Lenexa, Kansas. The school asked us ahead of time to specifically focus on bullying. Throughout the evening we felt the heartfelt concern of the gathered parents, teachers, and community. From a personal standpoint, our children are grown, but as grandparents of seven, how [...]

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Children Learn What They Live

Children Learn What They Live
By Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.

If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.
If children [...]

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Story of the Colors

STORY OF THE
COLORS 
Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel; all claimed that they were the best, the most important, the most useful, the favorite.
GREEN said, “Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen for grass, trees, leaves… without me, all [...]

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Anti-Bullying Toolkit for Young Bullying Bystanders

We have found when acting as bystanders and witnesses to bullying, many elementary school children would like to help stop it, but don’t know how, because they’re caught off guard and don’t know what to do.  Here are some simple things to teach your children:
 

You can say “That’s not funny,” in response to a child [...]

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No Bully Zone

We have found from administrators, teachers, and parents we have talked to around the country, that one of the most creative ways to divert bullying in elementary schools is to create a No Bully Zone.

At the beginning of the school year, tell your children that you are creating a No Bully Zone, and need their help.  Together, define [...]

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A Time of Change and Healing

A friend of ours who works in the field of education called us after reading our blogs last week.  She was feeling overwhelmed by the challenges of bullying.  It was bringing up memories from her own childhood, and that brought her to tears.
When you’re reading about a topic (such as bullying) and you begin to have recall experiences associated with [...]

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