Thursday, October 10, 2013

Bullying


I hear about children being bullied nearly every day.  I see movies about it, read articles about it.  It appears to be everywhere.  What I don't see are the parents of the children who are bullies.

It is good to teach our children how to deal with bullies.  It is good to teach their parents how to deal with it too.

Yet, it seems it might be very effective to go straight to the source.  Let's hear from the parents whose children ARE bullies.  Why not hold them accountable for the actions of their children -- before those children actually break the law?

Home is where we learn our first ethics lessons.  Home is where we learn compassion and tolerance and if that is not being taught then the bullies are at risk too.

Whatever the reason, when children bully, their parents need to share in solving the problem, because they are part of the problem.

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