Strategies that Your Child can use to Effectively Respond to the Bully who Bullies Verbally

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Strategies that Your Child can use to Effectively Respond to the Bully who Bullies Verbally

There are strategies that you can use when teaching your child how to effectively respond to the bully who bullies verbally. You must consistently practice these strategies with your child, so that the strategies, words and actions will “sink in” and become natural (isn’t this sad?).

Too, practicing only makes your child ready and gives them a sense of confidence and empowerment to handle the bully. Allow your child to role play with you as you continue to guide and give advice.

Strategies:

Ignore the Bully

Tell the Bully to Go Away and Leave You Alone – “Stop”

Walk Away from the Bully

In order to teach your child how to problem solve and take up for him/her self in your absence, allow your child to handle this on his/her own first, BUT do not let bully behaviors fester too long. Your child needs to realize and feel reassured that you are there to assist when the time comes – Please be there.

If the verbal bullying persists, go ahead and step in – it’s time now. Don’t let verbal bullying move to physical bullying. Speak to your child’s teacher, the administrator, or whoever is deemed most appropriate at the time. You’ll be able to decipher who to speak to depending on the situation at hand.

Let the teacher and/or administrator realize that you have worked with your child and gave helpful strategies already. Now, it’s time for the school to intervene, and do what they can to help the child bully. This bully child is in need of intervention and assistance from whoever can give it to him/her.

Helpful Videos

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

http://youtu.be/TXnOn9JjxHo

Video – How to Approach Your Child’s School

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xaj15w0mSI&feature=plcp

Helpful Articles

My Child Is Being Bullied, So What Can I Do?

http://ezinearticles.com/?My-Child-Is-Being-Bullied,-So-What-Can-I-Do?&id=7072491

Focusing on the Child Bully. What Can We Do To Help THIS Child?

http://ezinearticles.com/?Focusing-on-the-Child-Bully—What-Can-We-Do-To-Help-THIS-Child?&id=7099166

Support Anti-Bullying

http://cherryevasquez.tateauthor.com/?page_id=1916