Handling A Bully - Parent 1

Your student is participating in classroom activities helping them learn strategies to use when they encounter a bully or bullying behaviors. We would love for you to keep the discussion going at home!

Definition: Bullying occurs when someone hurts or frightens another person that may be younger, smaller in height; it can also be when someone tries to make you do something you don’t want to do or shouldn’t do, but makes you afraid to say no to them.

Here a just a few ideas to help get the conversation started:

• Have you ever been in a situation where someone tried to frighten you because they were older or taller than you?
• Have you ever been in a situation where someone tried to make you do something wrong because they made you afraid to say no to them?
• Have you ever bullied someone?
• Is calling a person bad names bullying?
• Is it okay to say bad things to someone if you don’t hurt them physically?
• How can you be a buddy and not a bully?
• What happens if you witness bullying being done to someone else and you do nothing?