Local Resources
Bullying Resources
*What do you do if your child is the target of a bully?
1. Encourage your child to report bullying incidents to you.
2. Ask your child how he/she has tried to stop the bullying.
3. Coach your child in possible alternatives.
4. Treat the school as your ally.
5. Encourage your child to seek help and report bullying incidents to someone he/she feels safe with at school.
6. Use school personnel and the other parents as resources in finding positive ways to encourage respectful behaviors at school.
7. Encourage your child to continue to talk with you about bullying incidents.
*What do you do if your child is the bully?
1. Stay calm.
2. Set limits for your child. Monitor television, video game and music activities. Limit the time your child spends engaged with violent content.
3. Positively reinforce appropriate resolution of conflicts.
4. Discuss how other people feel when they are hurt by someone else's words or actions.
5. Teach your child ways to get their needs met other than bullying.
6. Talk to your child's school. Explain that your child is working on changing his/her behavior and find out how you can work together to support this change.
7. Be patient. Change takes time. Praise ANY positive change.
* What do you do if your child is the witness?
1. Teach your child how to safely challenge a bully.
2. Talk to your child about ways to support the target. Don't laugh along with the bully, don't join forces with the bully, support a target, tell and adult.
3. Encourage your child to find a positive peer group.
4. Keep open lines of communication - let them know they can report bullying incidents they witness to you.
5. Let your child see you solve conflicts in an appropriate way.
6. Be a voice at your child's school. Join forces with school staff to maintain a bully free environment.
7. Work together with other parents to support your kids!
Bullying Websites:
http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/kids/
www.bullysafeusa.com
www.aboutourkids.org
www.bullying.org
http://www.cfchildren.org/
www.safechild.org/program.htm
www.police.govt.nz/service/yes/nobully/
http://www.ama-assn.org/ Use key word "bully"
www.dontlaugh.org
www.bullypolice.org
*The school library has many books on the topic of bullying.
1. Encourage your child to report bullying incidents to you.
2. Ask your child how he/she has tried to stop the bullying.
3. Coach your child in possible alternatives.
4. Treat the school as your ally.
5. Encourage your child to seek help and report bullying incidents to someone he/she feels safe with at school.
6. Use school personnel and the other parents as resources in finding positive ways to encourage respectful behaviors at school.
7. Encourage your child to continue to talk with you about bullying incidents.
*What do you do if your child is the bully?
1. Stay calm.
2. Set limits for your child. Monitor television, video game and music activities. Limit the time your child spends engaged with violent content.
3. Positively reinforce appropriate resolution of conflicts.
4. Discuss how other people feel when they are hurt by someone else's words or actions.
5. Teach your child ways to get their needs met other than bullying.
6. Talk to your child's school. Explain that your child is working on changing his/her behavior and find out how you can work together to support this change.
7. Be patient. Change takes time. Praise ANY positive change.
* What do you do if your child is the witness?
1. Teach your child how to safely challenge a bully.
2. Talk to your child about ways to support the target. Don't laugh along with the bully, don't join forces with the bully, support a target, tell and adult.
3. Encourage your child to find a positive peer group.
4. Keep open lines of communication - let them know they can report bullying incidents they witness to you.
5. Let your child see you solve conflicts in an appropriate way.
6. Be a voice at your child's school. Join forces with school staff to maintain a bully free environment.
7. Work together with other parents to support your kids!
Bullying Websites:
http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/kids/
www.bullysafeusa.com
www.aboutourkids.org
www.bullying.org
http://www.cfchildren.org/
www.safechild.org/program.htm
www.police.govt.nz/service/yes/nobully/
http://www.ama-assn.org/ Use key word "bully"
www.dontlaugh.org
www.bullypolice.org
*The school library has many books on the topic of bullying.
Parent resources from missouri school counselor association
Personal & Social Development
- http://www.mychildsafety.net/stranger-danger.html
- http://www.more4kids.info/533/three-top-stranger-danger-tips/
- Develop Your Child’s Positive Self-Concept
- Family Outings & Traditions
- Help for Parents in Changing Families
- Raising Safe, Confident, Nonviolent Children
- Gangs? Not My Kid!
- Recognizing Behaviors of Alcohol/Chemical Dependency
- Parent’s Do and Don’t List When Children Use Alcohol/Drugs
- Enhancing Your Child’s Multicultural Awareness through Celebration of Differences
- Help Your Child Study
- Searching for Solutions: Improving Student Study Skills
- Ready, Set, Go to Kindergarten
- http://www.mychildsafety.net/stranger-danger.html
- http://www.more4kids.info/533/three-top-stranger-danger-tips/