Ok …… my heart is breaking watching these kids deal with bullying at school lately. My own was in tears today. What are you all doing to help your kiddos through this? It feels like it’s getting worse and I’m honestly at a loss some days.
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Tell her to fight and take her for ice cream 
bully’s don’t deserve to be treated nicely.
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I tell my kids to defend themselves but don’t start it. She is a girl and needs to learn quick. So that way Lil boys and girls don’t get to her…
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Don’t start it , but you can end it.
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In my opinion kids to learn how to fight/ defend themselves.
Wrestling, boxing , martial arts… anything you can get them into.
Teach them to never start a fight but to be able to finish if they have to.
And never never ever reprimand them for defending themselves or someone else
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I love these responses. Tell them to allow themselves to get mad. It makes it easier to throw a punch. Poor kiddo.
Same happened to my daughter in elementary. We put her in MMA and she hasn’t been bullied since. A bully is looking for a victim not a fight. Teach them to defend themselves.
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Fight back. Bullies bully because they can. Stand up to them and they will back down. I told mine don’t ever start a fight but you damn sure better finish. She was never bullied
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Martial arts helped my daughter tremendously 
I think there are far more adult bullies than child bullies. Maybe it’s learned behavior. Bullying on many movies and tv shows gives children the impression that it is normal behavior
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Young one, you can not stop others from bullying. However, put your lil’ one in some type of self defense program, first off. The old school saying - it’s better to know and never use than to need it and not have it. Second, find what interest your child and get them involved in it - sports, scouts, band, anything that will help promote a new set of friends. Bullies don’t pick on you, if you are part of a group. Third after all this teach this group how to do defensive tactics ( 
just playing on last one - but seriously our uncles taught us these skills:wink:
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Unpopular advice I’m sure but I had a kid who h*t my son repeatedly in the stomach until he developed GI issues. School was no help and I got no where talking to teachers. I finally told my kid to tell his bully if it continued I was going to do the same thing to their mom if it continued. Stopped immediately the next day. 
hasn’t been a problem since.
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We took ours out of school- best thing we’ve ever done
My son had a bully in grade school. I actually went to the school to talk to the kid. I asked for my sons sunglasses back and told him to leave my son alone. Never had a prob after that. The school was doing nothing so i took matters into my own hands
I’ve had this issue with my daughter this year the school won’t do anything I’ve gone to the principals and the superintendent and they just say they will talk with the kids parents but it doesn’t do anything at all. I got tired and put my daughter in martial arts and if she has to use it then I won’t be mad and if they get mad then I’ll just tell them that it is on them they should of done something when it happened the first time.
I definitely agree with teaching your kid some sort of self defense. But I also highly recommend EMAILING the teacher or admin at the school about the issues. (Email don’t call, because then you have a paper trail). However I feel like if this was physical bullying, you likely wouldn’t be pleading with the internet and it’s likely verbal abuse at this point in time. I would still report that in the event it escalates. For verbal bullying- teach some really quick and easy come-backs. Teach how to simply walk away. Teach that NO ONE at that school determines your child’s self worth except your child. If the bullying continues, AFTER you’ve sent a few emails (to have your paper trial) and taught your child to defend themselves, then you give them permission teach the bully they have had enough and they are no longer the one to mess with . When the school calls- take your emails with you, accept the suspension and then go get something good to eat