Myth-Busting Bullying:The Bully is Not the ‘Bad’ Guy

Bullying is so intricately tied to how we relate to one another, how we perceive one another, that it is important for every parent to have a clear understanding of the dynamics and causes of bullying.

Today’s video introduces key insights into the relationship between the ‘bully’ and ‘victim’ and how we as parents, educators and society respond to this limiting dynamic.

You’ll discover new ways of perceiving and understanding the relationships between all people of all ages, including your own painful beliefs about situations where you have been bullied..

The video is below.

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If you’d like to know what you can do to empower your child to be more confident with her peers and in other social situations, I invite you to join me for my new teleclass “How to Bully-Proof Your Child and What to Do If It Happens.”

This video series about Myth-Busting Bullying is the beginning content of the class in which you will discover:

  • A major cause of bullying that most experts overlook. You will be surprised!
  • Strategies to empower your child socially so she is less vulnerable to being bullied
  • The most important thing you can do to support your child to tell you when he’s been bullied. This is SO important!
  • How to best help your child respond to bullying – what works and what doesn’t

Click here to register and get more info.

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If you haven’t had a chance to watch the first two videos in the series, here are the links:

Myth-Busting Bullying: How Big a Problem Is It Really?

Myth-Busting Bullying: What’s It Really All About?

Has anyone ever told you that you were doing something ‘bad,’ and you were just doing the best you could at the time? Let us know in Comments below.

Myth-Busting Bullying: What’s It Really All About?

I hope you’ve had a chance to watch the first video in my series about “Myth-Busting Bullying. If you didn’t get to watch it, here it is again:

Myth-Busting Bullying: How Big a Problem is It Really?

If bullying is a concern for you and you’d like to know what you can do – Yes! You can make a big difference for your child! – I invite you to sign-up for my new teleclass “How to Bully-Proof Your Child and What to Do If It Happens.”

This class is on Wednesday, September 25. I promise you will come away with more clarity and feeling empowered by what you can do immediately to help bully-proof your child.

Click here to sign-up and get more info.

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The 2nd video in my series “Myth-Busting Bullying: What’s It Really All About?“, explores the following areas:

  • a good working definition of bullying
  • the four types of bullying
  • the places where bullying occurs
  • the bottom line of what bullying is really all about.

In this short video (less than 5 minutes), you’ll be surprised by what you discover, and it will give you some new ways of perceiving and thinking about bullying.

What experiences have you or someone you love had with bullying? Please share in Comments.

 

 

Mythbusting Bullying: How Big a Problem Is It Really?

“Bullying” is one of the topics you’ve most requested I talk about, and now I’m doing it!

The topic of bullying is fraught with worry and concern about your child as well as what you can do to prevent it and how to best respond when it does happen.

No parent wants their child to feel the humiliation and shame of being bullied. Neither do parents want their child to be the bully or the one who stands by and watches it happen. Yet it always happens outside parents’ reach and influence. Parents are not around; they don’t see it happening and cannot immediately intervene. This can leave  you feeling powerless and uncertain.

As I observe and research how we as a culture are responding to this problem, I’ve uncovered lots of myths and misconceptions about the causes of bullying and what to do about it.

Over the next 3 weeks in a series of short videos, I’m going to share with you some of these myths and misconceptions about bullying so you can make more informed choices how you want to best support your child to be neither the bully, the victim, or the bystander in this escalating problem.

I was going to include this information in my teleclass, but I want to give you the first part of my class for FREE. Bullying is such a complex topic and I have so much I want to share with you, I decided to make this information available to everyone in this video series.

Save the Date!

My new teleclass; “How to Bully-Proof Your Child and What to Do If It Happens” is later this month.

Date: Wednesday, September 25

Time: 5:30 – 7 pm Pacific (9:30 – 11 Eastern)

Be sure to save the date in your calendar.

Below is the first in the series.

What are your biggest concerns about bullying? Let me know in Comments.!

 

Helping Your Child with His Friendships – Most Common Parenting Mistake

If you’re like many parents, you worry about your child’s friendships and interactions with his peers. The most common mistake parents make in this area is finding the balance between being too involved or not involved enough.

When you’re too involved, you tell your child how to handle these interactions rather than empowering him to find his own solutions.

If you’re not involved enough, you unintentionally ignore your child’s cues about how he is doing emotionally.

The most powerful antidote to your child’s struggles and poor choices in friendship is empowering your child to develop inner-driven self-confidence and guiding him to find his own powerful, wise answers to his friendship challenges.

Are you struggling or concerned about a school-related issue? If you’d like some new ideas and strategies that will help you resolve these challenges, check out my new teleclass series : “The Fast Track to Solving the Day-to-Day Challenges of Helping Your Child Succeed in School.”