Contact with the children that are being bullied is required. We're not going to know what to do and how to do it if we don't even know what's going on. When talking to a child you must find out how they are being bullied, what is happening to them and you also need to talk to them about ways to avoid it. Get all the details about the bullying; it'll get us one step closer to stopping it.
The role the school plays in bully prevention needs to be great. When the school creates a caring community and an easy system to be able to report bullying, they are one step closer to ending the bullying problem. Obviously this problem will never fully go away, just like any other problem that we have. We are always going to have those people that will bully and we will always have those people that will be bullied, but we're trying to decrease that number substantially.
If the contact with the school is still not good enough to stop the bullying then communication with the school administration is necessary. Meetings with superintendents can be arranged to discuss the subject of bullying. Work with them to see that if the school does not have a policy against bullying, that it may work to attain one in the future.
This does not stop with the schools. People everywhere need to join together to stop bullying. This isn't going to end because one family is trying to accomplish it. It's not going to end because a million people are trying to accomplish it. Everyone needs to work against it.
A few more solutions:
-Inform children of these problems early on, around first or second grade, when they are able to grasp what you're trying to say.
-Have people that are about the same age talk to kids. If you're having a high school meeting, then have high schoolers talk to them.
-Try and avoid the cheesy "no bullying"schemes that we see a lot of times. It does not make people want to do something, it just makes them make a joke of it and it is absolutely not a joke.
-Make the talk more emotional than just statistics. Give stories, examples, make them feel what the parents of those children felt.
-Show children how to have empathy, that it's good and okay to have empathy.
-Inform children of these problems early on, around first or second grade, when they are able to grasp what you're trying to say.
-Have people that are about the same age talk to kids. If you're having a high school meeting, then have high schoolers talk to them.
-Try and avoid the cheesy "no bullying"schemes that we see a lot of times. It does not make people want to do something, it just makes them make a joke of it and it is absolutely not a joke.
-Make the talk more emotional than just statistics. Give stories, examples, make them feel what the parents of those children felt.
-Show children how to have empathy, that it's good and okay to have empathy.
“Bullying Info and Facts.” Pacer’s: National Bullying Prevention Center. N.p., 2012. Web. 17 Apr. 2012. <http://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/info-facts.asp>.
“Bullying in Schools: What Is the Positive Solutions Bullying Resilience Program.” YouTube. N.p., 2011. Web. 11 Apr. 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfd1rigpdYQ>.
