Get a Gist of how Children who are Bullied Feel. What about the Bully? Support Anti-Bullying

 Bullying continues to plague our schools. We must get to the root of the problem and combat this pandemic. Our children deserve to attend schools that are safe, and secure. It will take ALL of us to ensure their safety. Both children, the bully-ee (victim), and the bully (the perpetrator) need our support and intervention.

We have spent lots of time focusing on the child who has been bullied as no doubt we certainly should, however, we need to spend time observing and attending to the child bully, the perpetrator. We can “nip” this behavior in the bud, reform and redirect negative behaviors exhibited by this child.

Most children do not want to be bullies. Somehow they have been transformed this way, and it may be due to previous antecedents and behaviors subjected on them. We have to consider this when working with bullies.

Questions to Consider: What have they experienced in the past? What is their home life like? Have they been abused, whether verbally, or physically? Some bullies do not like who they are, and are screaming out for our attention, love and intervention.

Let us rally around this child and turn him/her around.

Please take a look at the below video. Get a feel of how both children feel. Does it move you to tears? It does me. If so, would you consider supporting anti-bullying this month, by sharing materials from my collection of books?

I’d love to garner your support.

Materials to View

Video of Poems – The Bully-ee (victim) & The Bully (perpetrator)

http://youtu.be/TXnOn9JjxHo

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