Role of Parents

Talk about bullying. Talking with their children about bullying helps them understand what it
is, why it is harmful, and how to respond. Discuss and practice what they can do when they
encounter bullying. Give tips for dealing with bullying that they may experience, such as saying
stop directly and confidently, walking away, and getting help from adults. Talk about how they
can help others who are being bullied, by speaking up, showing kindness, and telling an adult.

Encourage children to speak up if they are bullied or witness others being bullied. Play the
role of an authoritative parent by giving the freedom to children to speak up and to whom your
child can report bullying that they experience, see, or suspect. Encourage them to report bullying
to you; take these reports seriously.

Develop clear rules and expectations about how other children should treat you. Enforce
these rules that emphasize teaching appropriate behavior from other children. Starting as young
as possible, coach your children on both what not to do (push, tease, and be mean to others) as
well as what to do (be kind, empathize, and take turns). Also coach your child on what to do if
someone is mean to him or to another (get an adult, tell the bully to stop, walk away and ignore
the bully).

Show warmth and be engaged. Having parents who are disengaged (e.g., parents who spend
little time with their children or do not regularly supervise their activities) increases the
likelihood that a child will be a pessimist; while having warm, involved parents reduces this
likelihood.

Role of School

Schools play a critical role in stopping bullying, because most aggression happens on school grounds
during recess, in lunch rooms, or in bathrooms. Schools should have and enforce zero-tolerance
programs that make it clear that bullying won't be tolerated.
Awareness Programs: Raise awareness of bullying through school assemblies and classroom
discussion of the problem. These conversations should include teaching healthy ways to control
anger. They should also teach the value of cooperation, positive communication skills, and
friendship. Conferences can be held-separately or together-with the parents of both children involved
in bullying incidents.

PTA: Schools should increase parents' and teachers' involvement in school programs so that both the
parties will have first-hand knowledge on the activities of the students. Parents can help the children
school to develop bullying policies by becoming involved in parent-teacher organizations and by
volunteering to help teachers. Conferences can be held-separately or together-with the parents of
both children involved in bullying incidents.

Constant supervision: In the classroom, teachers should make it clear that bullying will not be
tolerated. Teachers must be prepared to follow through with consequences if bullying occurs. Doing
so sends the message that adults are serious about the problem. It also encourages children who are
not involved in bullying to report any incidents they see.

Conduct Classroom Activities around Bullying Help your class identify bullying in books, TV
shows and movies, and discuss the impact of that bullying and how it was/could be resolved.
Hold class meetings in which students can talk about bullying and peer relations.

Role ofPeer Group

Comforter : Best friends can assume the role of a comforter and make the victims feel good
about themselves and reassured them that they are not as mean as the others. It make them feel
more confident and not let this ruin their life.

Mentors: we can build a team of students who volunteer to mentor isolated and mistreated youth.
In supporting such a group, it is important to have team members meet regularly to discuss their
positive actions, the results of those actions, and how they feel about what they have done. These
questions help youth see value in, and thus continue, their kind, inclusive actions.
Companion: Having peers preventing bully or ask the person to stop will be helpful. As students
continue to hear positive examples of kind alliance behavior by their own peers, they see these
actions as more desirable and more normative. Then students will be more likely to respond to
mistreatment with support for mistreated youth.

Purpose
Because of the influence that parents and caregivers have on the attitudes and behaviors of their
children, and their concern and responsibility for their well-being, parents play critical roles in
preventing and addressing bullying.

Understanding the Roles of Parents and ... - Stop Bullying.gov

https://www.stopbullying.gov/...center/hrsa_guide_parents-and-caregivers_508v2.pdf

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www.nea.org/home/56805.htm

Supporting positive peer action - Stop Bullying Now

stopbullyingnow.com/supporting-positive-peer-action/

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Bullying in Early Adolescence: The Role of the Peer Group