Is bullying common in schools today?
mrsmina posted on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 12:17
My 8 years old daughter has been complaining of being bullied by classmates as she stammers sometimes while answering in school. She is a child who is not very confident and when the teacher asks her to speak in front of the whole class she starts stammering. The teacher has been helpful and cooperative in trying to solve this problem of my daughter.
But the kids bully when the teacher is not around. And I think this is hampering my child in some way. I wonder if this is common in schools? Would like to know what other moms have been going through.
Its definitely present n schools. Previously its obvious but now its being hidden to a great extent. But there are schools where kids are being given right direction.
mrsmina, if you think that your daughter is not getting the right environment in the school you can think of changing her school.
Definitely bullying is present there in schools today also and it will always be there. My kids also had to go through this. When my elder daughter faced bullying I changed her school and there also she had to face similar things. Slowly I understood if I had to keep my kids unaffected by these I had to make my kids mentally and emotionally strong. This strength will help them face these things.
sixmiss, You are so right. I gave a similar suggestion to my sis-in-law who was thinking of changing my nephew's school because of this bullying issue.
Bullying has been there and will be there in schools and I do not think that its the right to keep changing your kids school for this. This way you are unconsciously teaching them to run away from hardships rather you have to make them bold enough to face such circumstances.
If you make your child confident and respect themselves they will never get affected by these things. This is what I am trying to do with my kids. Hope I am able to do that right way.
If you make your child confident and respect themselves they will never get affected by these things. This is what I am trying to do with my kids. Hope I am able to do that right way.
You are so right.
But its very difficult to see our kids face these.