Bullies - Lawrenceville,GA

That's a great question and one every parent should open a dialogue about with their kids. My children are only 2 and 4, but recently I started hearing my son say really mean things about a little boy in his class. I questioned him about it and then asked him if the boy ever said anything to him in response or ever started it -and he said he did. SO, I asked the teacher about it. It turned out to be a non-bullying situation and one where the other child in question tends to go up to other kids and interact in a "different" manner -asking them to call him certain names, etc. (keep in mind they are 4) The point I'm making though is that parents should have this open communication with their children so the kids won't feel weird talking to them about being bullied OR perhaps participating in bullying. Parents need to talk to teachers and their kids about NOT being the bully. I'm just as concerned about my children ever being bullies as I am about them ever being bullied. It's an issue that MUST be addressed on both sides!

My 16 yr old daughter has been bulllied. It has since slowed down after word got out that we have open police reports ready to charge if someone makes a stupid move.

In our case, she is captian of her cheer squad, the culprit continues to be angry that my daughter was selected by the coaches and principal to be captian over her. Nice way to show leadership, huh!

This began last March. The same thing happened to daughter's friend who is the captain of the dance team.

Both girls were threatened online and both sets of parents went to the police.

Some online stuff still happens but overall it is way better than it was from March 10 through football season in Nov 10.

My daughter has handled it well and just rises above it.

What a lot of people are not aware of is that my daughter trained in Korean Martial arts for 6+ years and she has been well trained in self defense and is capable of killing someone in self defense if needed. Not only is she a strong person due to her self defense training, it also helped her mentally on how to deal with people like the bullies. At this point, it is worth every penny we spent on training.

My daughter is only in Pre K, but I have seen what I guess is the beginnings of bullying.

I was dropping her off once close to the holidays and when we got to the classroom, there were only boys so far. They were all sitting around the same area & started chanting "no girls allowed." I wanted to say something to them, but I think a teacher did.

My daughter has also complained that so-and-so said she was "little". She is small for her age, but very smart. I think she takes it to mean she is a "baby", and she'll fuss that she is not "little" she is "big"!

We are wanting to get her into a karate class. I'm hoping she will enjoy that and be able to build her self confidence. I have always been small for my age and often picked on. She too will always be small, so I hope she will stay strong and not let anyone bother her :)

Well my DS is only 20 months, but I Intend to raise him to know that it is Unacceptable to be cruel to others, in any sort of way for Any reason !!!!!! and if he IS Ever bullied - that individual better be ready to Deal w/ ME! I am also going to raise him to know it is 100% OK to Stand Up for himself!
Is YOUR child the bully? or being bullied?

How curious to see your question. I wrote a blog titled "could your child be a bully?" and it will be posted by Mamapedia in "Voices" next Wed Feb 16th (barring any last minute changes).

I help out at my children's school and I hear the little ones talking about kicking butts and beating each other up. I think they are just talking because they hear those words when adults talk about sports teams and when hearing older sisters/brothers/parents playing video games they might say they're kicking their butts but not really knowing the extent of it. A child came up to me and said my son spit on her and called her a bully. I asked her if he literally spit on her or did spit come out when he was talking and she said it came out while he was talking. There was also an incident where kicking was going on. My son said it was being done to him and the girl said he was doing it. I alerted her parents so we could get to the bottom of it. He constantly talks about her now and they are friends. I think maybe they were flirting in a little kids way and not really hurting each other. When things get repeated to parents it's usually exaggerated somewhat and maybe not what really happened or they leave out the part about what they may have done to provoke someone else. One child bumped another child and he said he was karate chopping him and they were both crying. I was right there and it was an accident. I let my son go to a friends house and he said they played shooting games. This is the same child whose mother was complaining about roughness at school. The child also said he was beating up his dad the night before. A lot of the kids are playing Star Wars games and bringing that fighting behavior into school. They try to play it on the playground and it's not allowed. When I see it I call them on it. That's the most I can do is drill it into their heads that it is wrong and doesn't go on in our school.