How Can Your Kids Handle Being Bullied by a Bully [PHOTOS/VIDEO]
There are a number of different ways to help our children battle bullies without actually winding up in a fight.
There are a number of different ways to help our children battle bullies without actually winding up in a fight.
Bullying, is a word we hear often and some of us know all to well what it means. Some of us have no idea how something so small as getting picked on can be so harmful that it drives some kids to do very violent acts. I am probably a little odd since I have been on both sides of this bullying situation. As a child in primary school I was always proud to tell everyone that my mom was Japanese, she worked so hard to become a citizen of this country and to this day is still proud of her heritage. Little did I know how much I would be picked on because I was different.
I read an article this morning that said most parents aren’t quite sure how to handle a bullying situation where their child is the one being bullied, which is probably why so many kids are being bullied every year. As someone who experienced bullying firsthand as a kid, and has had kids in school for the last 14 years, here are my thoughts.
Check out this video with Casey Heynes, the 14 year old that has become an overnight celebrity since his body-slam video hit the internet. Do you know someone who is bullied at school?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KakZkh9Iu7U&feature=player_embedded
A bullying victim has become an Internet hero after he turned the tables on his tormentor.