Bullying: helping a child

Here is a brief list of things to do to help a child who is bullied. As you'll see it revoles largely around communication and can easily be applied to other age groups in other situations. Bullying is not limited to the school yard.  http://www.gonannies.com/blog/2013/how-to-help-a-child-who-is-being-bullied/

Online Bullying

Here's a wonderful post on bullying sent to me by the author. http://www.needtoknowit.org/selfdefense/school-bullying
It contains practical how-to advice.

Bullying in schools

http://www.babysittingjobs.com/blog/signs-your-child-may-be-the-victim-of-bullying-in-school/

 

Here’s an interesting article on bullying, a topic we're just beginning to introduce into our basic communication textbooks.  Odd that it's taken so long for us to include this considering that it's a communciation activity that has enormous consequences for schools, the workplace, and society in general. This little article focuses on children but the suggestions could just as easily be adapted to workplace bullying or bullying in general. According to a 2011 survey cited here, over 8 million students (12-18 years old) or 32% of all students in that age group reported being bullied in school. The signs to look for, according to this article, are:

Unexplained injuries or property damage

Signs of aversion to school

Difficulty sleeping and/or nightmares

Poor academic performance

Loss of interest in school activities

Isolation

Self-destructive behavior

Bullying

Here is a good list of things to know about bullying--something we've just started to include in our textbooks probably because of cyberbullying, tho' bullying has been around a lot longer than computers.
http://oedb.org/library/beginning-online-learning/10-telling-psychology-studies-on-the-nature-of-bullying