Bullying is an age-old problem and comes in many forms, especially in today’s digital world. The good news is that there are many fabulous anti-bullying resources available for parents and teachers to use at home or school. Each of the videos featured in this collection of 15 anti- bullying videos is perfect for inviting discussion […]
50 Picture Books About Diversity & Difference
Teaching children to recognise and celebrate diversity and accept differences is essential to healthy development – it not only helps children be more accepting of others, but to also accept themselves and their own strengths and weaknesses. This collection of picture books about diversity is about recognising what makes you special, celebrating being who you […]
Help! My Child is Being Bullied
By definition: “Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems.” Source As a teacher, bullying concerns me greatly. As […]
No One Will Play With Me: Helping Your Child Make Friends
This post is by regular contributor Kate Fairlie of Picklebums. My usually bright, feisty, full of life, three year old boy was sullen, withdrawn and sad and it took me the better part of a week to figure out why he suddenly didn’t want to go to preschool any more. “No one will play with […]
Friendship: Revisiting a Bully Free Zone
I thought Friendship Month would be a good time to revisit the series of posts on bullying from early last year. Contributed by guest poster, Amanda Gray of Learn2 Be Buddies, the series focused on what we can do as parents and educators to stop bullying in its tracks before it even begins through strategies […]
Strategies to Bullyproof our Kids
Helping our children stand up for themselves is also important in the fight against bullying. As children get older, and there comes a situation where a peer is looking for someone to pick on, it is important that our children not be seen as “easy targets.” Children who are easy targets are ones who over-react, […]
Stopping Bullying Before It Begins: Part 2
To help prevent our children from bullying others we need to do two things: Help them learn how their behaviour can effect others (as discussed in the previous post) Help them get what they need in socially appropriate ways – the focus of today’s post. Understanding the need behind seemingly random aggression The scenario used […]
Stopping Bullying Before It Begins: Part 1
To help prevent our children from bullying others we need to do two things: Help them learn how their behaviour can effect others Help them get what they need in socially appropriate ways Learning to empathise We should start teaching children about empathy as early as possible. We can use story books that address emotions, […]
Does bullying begin at preschool?
This post is by Amanda Gray of Learn to be Buddies. Does bullying begin at preschool? There is some debate about whether it is accurate to call rough behaviour or teasing in preschool, “bullying”. However, young children do behave in ways that hurt each other, physically and emotionally. Rigby (2002), who is a respected researcher […]
