Bullying is a common problem, especially within the school environment, where both girls and boys may experience name-calling, physical aggression and rejection from their peers. This may have severe implications in terms of self-esteem and must be taken seriously and handles effectively, in order to achieve the best possible outcome for the victim.
The Everything Parent's Guide To Dealing With Bullies - About the Authors
Authors of The Everything Parent's Guide To Dealing With Bullies, include Deborah Carter and Christopher Ferguson, PhD. Carter is a writer and educator, who spent fifteen years working in education, where she regularly dealt with bullying issues. She has a master's in community social psychology and a bachelor's degree in psychology. A licensed psychologist, Ferguson has published more than 20 articles and book chapters on issues related to violence, aggression, bullying and mental health.
Dealing With Bullies - Overview
The Everything Parent's Guide To Dealing With Bullies is a comprehensive and highly practical guide to understanding everything from common playground teasing to online or cyber-bullying. Divided into 21 chapters, the book has many helpful resources which enable parents, children and teachers to work together to tackle all different forms of bullying. Key aspects handled in various chapters in Dealing With Bullies, include the following:
- types of bullying
- types of bullies
- common bullying myths
- warning signs that your child is being bullied
- how to bully proof your child
- social skills and assertiveness training
- cyber bullying
- how students, parents, schools and communities can work together
How to Help Prevent Children Getting Bullies
A particularly helpful chapter, entitled how to bully proof your child is essential reading for parents, especially when children are starting at a new school or attending secondary school. The value of developing good social skills and improving self-esteem is emphasized, in addition to self-defense and basic prevention tools. Benefits associated with attending self-defense training are explored and parents are advised to focus on identifying strengths and weaknesses.
Working Together to Combat Bullying
Another really useful chapter, entitled how students, parents, schools and communities can work together, is likely to be extremely valuable for those wishing to be proactive and identify key methods to combat bullying. This chapter discusses classroom rules, how to create an awareness campaign, implementing educational and peer-counseling programs.
As highlighted above, bullying is a common problem which damages self-esteem and disrupts education, especially when occurring within the school setting. Bullying has also been linked to depression, anxiety and eating disorders. This is why it is important for parents to recognise the signs and know how to access support and help for their children, through reading well-researched guides on the subject.
Carpernter, D. & Ferguson, J. (2009) The Everything Parent's Guide To Dealing With Bullies Avon: Adams Media
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