#tolerance #bullying
Students, who are victims of violent attacks by their classmates, face consequences even many years later. This experience has an impact on mental health.
Education begins at home, However, once the little one will step into a group where he will have to create new relationships, everything he learned at home can change.
The children I am easily influenced by the environment in which it develops. Sometimes they can take over aggressive behaviors that lead to the so-called bullying phenomenon.
In the age of digitalization, the term of must be automatically mentioned cyberbullying. It represents insulting, threatening or deliberate harassment via the Internet or telephone call.
Aggressive behavior
Families in which there is domestic violence provide an optimal environment for the training of aggressors. Children very often copy their parents, grandparents or close relatives in this regard.
In such an environment bullied children have learned that being violent means being somewhat strong, because others are afraid of you.
Children bully for many reasons.
Choosing someone who seems emotionally and physically weaker gives a feeling of being more important, more popular or stronger.
Theoretical, anyone can become a victimbut aggressors usually choose quiet people, often with low self-esteem. Vulnerable people who have no one to help them.
Cyberbullying it is a particularly serious form, because the attacks are no longer limited in space and time, as in school. Due to the infinity of the Internet and the unlimited storage of possible insults, those affected can hardly free themselves from this situation.
Aggressors expose their victims through videos or photos taken secretly. He insults them in chats or on social networks.
While classic bullying takes place at school or on the way home, victims of cyberbullying I’m not even safe at home.
In addition, the inhibition threshold is lower on the Internet. The scope of the insults is often greater, and the authors may remain anonymous.
Management of conflict situations
Often bullying in schools is not limited to only one aggressor, but the negative actions come from several students.
Bullying always affects the whole group or the whole class.
Bullying is a very complex phenomenon with a group dynamic, with many roles and participants.
In this context, power is regularly and systematically used against the weakest. Bullying can strengthen group cohesion and increase the sense of belonging.
These feelings are also mechanisms that support the bullying process.
No matter if the bullying is physical or verbal, if your child is the aggressor or is being bullied, the phenomenon of violence must be stopped immediately!
What can you do as a parent in the case of an aggressive child
If you have discovered that you have a child in the position of aggressor, try to find out why he behaves in this way.
Tell him clearly that you do not tolerate harassment of any kind and help him change his behavior patterns.
Teach him how to manage his frustrations, how to express his grievances and expectations. Have discussions with him to make him aware of the serious consequences of his behavior. Give him examples of a positive attitude in stressful situations, encourage him towards sports activities, which will help him in self-discipline.
If you think you need help, you can usually call on the support of the director, the school counselor or a psychologist.
What can you do as a parent in the case of a bullied child
If you have a child as a victim, teach him how to avoid and get out of unpleasant situations. In general, the attacks take place in secret, so that parents or teachers often do not realize the existence of such a problem for a long period of time.
If your child he takes refuge in loneliness and isolation, if he reacts more and more sensitively in his daily behavior, the reason must be clarified immediately.
Victims of bullying suffer more and more from stress. The tension they live in often leads to psychosomatic disorders, depression, anxiety disorders, some injure themselves or even think about suicide.
As a parent, you can and must take action!
Make your child realize how valuable he is to you and make him understand that he can confidently turn to you at any time and with any problem. Show him his qualities and the possibility of making new friendswho can offer him emotional support, helping him face conflicts.
Explain that violence of any kind is antisocial behavior, for which it is okay to ask for help. Guide your child towards martial arts for self-defense and nonviolent communication courses.
What can the school do?
Of course, it is very important to notify the school. Teaching staff are responsible for the physical safety and health of the students entrusted to them. The reactions of teachers to acts of violence are perceived very carefully by students, so that the attitude of a teacher, of the director, of the school in general, can not only prevent a bullying situation, but can also indirectly encourage it. If the phenomenon is repeated, it signals the problem of the school management and requires effective measures to be taken.
In no case do not try to solve the situation through violence!
The role of the school is to create a positive environment, which prevents aggressive behavior and discrimination, which addresses and condemns violence.
All teachers have the moral duty to make children feel safe, to offer support and help to those who need it and to create a climate of tolerance and appreciation in which young people can develop healthily, to become independent and responsible people.
I wish that the most beautiful day of your life is everyday!
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