tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2931848549197815855.post-6672317876061052172007-10-19T16:34:00.000-04:002007-10-19T16:40:15.805-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_O00nzzL5h-Y/RxkV_ujwrTI/AAAAAAAAAAU/XJREPnxf7Dw/s1600-h/bully.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_O00nzzL5h-Y/RxkV_ujwrTI/AAAAAAAAAAU/XJREPnxf7Dw/s320/bully.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123150235684613426" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> "When Your Child Is Bullied"</span><br /><br /> (It's not a question of if, just when)<br /><br />Help your child respond by:<br />1. Appearing confident (fake it til you make it)<br />Look the bully in the eye, stand tall and confident. Remember, true courage is not the absence of fear, but having fear and taking action anyway.<br /><br />2. Stand calm. Inside the turmoil of a hurricane, there is calm.<br />3. Walk away.<br /><br />Teach your child an assertive voice. Practice saying;<br />"Please do NOT talk to me like that."<br />Teach your child when and how to ask for help.<br />(Excuse me, I am scared. Can you help me?)<br />Encourage your child to ask friends for help.<br /><br />Pick an activity that can challenge your child but that will give them<br />confidence by having success at it.<br />Notify school officials, ask them for help.<br />Make sure a teacher, trusted adult or trusted/mature older child can watch out for your child's safety when you cannot be there.<br /><br /> "When Your Child Is A Bystander"<br /><br />The bystanders need to feel a moral obligation to come to the aid<br />of a person being bullied.<br />Tell your child not to cheer on or even quietly watch bullying.<br />Encourage your child to tell a trusted adult about the bullying.<br /><br />Help your child support and aid other children who may be bullied.<br />Encourage your child to include bullied children in play.<br />Most importantly, encourage your child to join others in telling bullies to stop.<br /><br />Dedicated to reducing bullying everywhere,<br /><br /> Mike Bogdanski, M.S.<br /><br />"America's ANTI Bully Solution"<br />Help Everyone Respect Others, an anti bully program that will touch the minds and hearts of your students.<br />Reproduction with credit.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mikebogdanski.com/">www.mikebogdanski.com</a><br />Toll free 1.877.208.6176<br />cell 860.315.0205Mike Bogdanskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00500139961403686240noreply@blogger.com