Verbal bullying: How do you prevent it?
- Ignore the people if and/or when they start calling you names or teasing you.
- Don't listen to people who are spreading rumors, whether they're about you or not.
- Sometimes, you need to just turn and walk away.
Physical bullying: How do you stop it?
- To prevent bullying, the one who is being bullied can stay in big groups, in case they encounter their bully somewhere. There are strength in numbers.
Cyber bullying: What you need to know to prevent it.
- Chat rooms often lack supervision.
- Personal messages sent between users are seen by only the sender and receiver, and therefore outside the narrow reach of law enforcement officials.
- Teenagers often know more about technology than their parents so they do not fear a probing adult finding their encounters with bullying.
Bullying: What can parents do?
- Get closer to your children so they feel more comfortable telling you about bullying.
- Keeping active in your child's school life will help discourage other kids from bullying.
- Every time you have the chance to observe your child and their life, take it.
- If you know your child is being bullied at school, contact a school official such as a counselor or principal.
- Educate yourself and your child on all types of bullying.
- Never provoke fighting fire with fire.
- Be aware of the signs of a bully or a victim of bullying.
