All About Bullying

[Ichigokun]

American research shows every 7 minutes in the USA, some kid in America is being bullied

[kooky83]

it’s quite worrying to hear more cases of kids as young as p1 getting bullied in sch right? is there any measures to reduce such a trend?

[phtthp]

Indeed it is !


high time for either individual school or MOE to give talks on how to deal with P1 school bully - during K2 orientation talk year end December, just before P1 start. These are real life practical issues to handle. Even in some "branded" schools also encounter P1 bully.

[kooky83]

phtthp:

Indeed it is !


high time for either individual school or MOE to give talks on how to deal with P1 school bully - during K2 orientation talk year end December, just before P1 start. These are real life practical issues to handle. Even in some \"branded\" schools also encounter P1 bully.

i guess parents have to do their part to instill the right values in our children. schools should also have more talks and counseling services to tackle these problems. sometimes kids are just afraid to voice out that they are being bullied so we should have a platform for them to be courageous enough to share their situation

[Nancy Yeoh]

Hi,


Communication with your child is very important.

When my child have a problem or if he gets bullied in class
he will inform me.

There was once I personally went to my son’s classroom to talk to
his teacher because he constantly gets bullied by a boy sitting behind him.

After confronting his teacher, the bully was moved to a table far away from my son’s desk.

After seeing me, the bully don’t dare disturb my son.

I believe, to prevent bullying, the best is to do what I did…
which is to talk to the teacher and ask the teacher what is he or she going to do about it.

[SBKS]

hi all,


wat do you know, sg has it.

http://www.bullyfreecampaign.sg/

but bullying has evolved. its all on the net. chatrooms, blogs, facebook....etc.
http://www.bullyfreecampaign.sg/cyber_bullying/index_cyber.php

[RachelLee]

The kid’s parent should talk to the teacher. If that fails, at least the principal should be informed about it.

[Hiaweh]

If yr child was bullied in school but do not know which level they are n their names, how would you handle it? Form teacher and discipline master was informed but they can’t do anything coz the child is unable to pin point who they are.


Should I just let the matter rest or is there another way to pursue this?

[ammonite]

Let it rest if it is a one off. There can be many shades of grey. But discuss with your child how to handle or avoid bullies /certain situations. In this way, it becomes a learning experience.

[Snow Crystal]

Bullying happens in most schools. MOE should step up more efforts in this area - by not brushing it aside and communicating to students what are channels to report and how to tackle bullies.


Is your DC stressed by the bullying? If so, don’t brush his fears away easily.
Are there name tags on the school uniform? If so ask your DC to note the exact names.
If not, ask him to speak up and tell the bullies loudly: ‘Hey, my mum would like to meet you, she wants to know your name and class.’
Ask your DC to avoid going to quiet places in the school which the bullies can easily corner him/her. In crowded places just shout in loudest voice to attract attention.

I used to brush aside my DS’ remarks when he said he was bullied until other parents alerted me. We should place more trust in our DC that they are not making a mountain out of a molehill and listen more to our DC when they complain about bullies. Schools are not doing enough to tackle bullying issues.

Bullies are cowards. Once they know parents and school teachers are aware of them or if your DC draws attention to the bullies in a crowded setting, they will back off. Standing up against real bullies is not a sign of over-protectiveness on your part.

Hope you solve the bullying issue for your DC soon. Jiayou.