Recognizing if your kid is being bullied

I'm all over this topic and hate bullies, period. I hate cyberbullies, neighborhood bullies, corporate email bullies (that's when kids who were bullied abuse their power in the workplace). The will always exist, but we we have to learn how to deal with them. Kinda like a virus.

Although many of references I've researched talk to parents, they always talk about how to be aware of the signs and ways to be reactionary, which is all good. But my #1 tip is make sure your child knows that you have their back (support them unconditionally) and that there isn't a bully out there that you and he/she can't defeat together. That confidence alone is more powerful than any bully's venom.

Here are somethings to check out on the Beehive. http://www.thebeehive.org/school/k-12-students/supporting-my-child-schoo...

Check out the Stop Bullying Now campaign's website for more information and ideas about how to protect and teach your child about bullying. Here is the link: http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/kids/

It turns out kids with severe food allergies are targets of bullying because of the food they can and can't eat. A new study found that 35 percent of children with food allergies have been bullied at school for this reason. If your child has food allergies, talk to her as well as her teachers and the principal at school. I did. See: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/09/28/food.allergy.bullying/

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