Ideas Of How To Prevent Bullying

By Sally Stone


How to prevent bullying is something of great importance to us. The fair treatment of others is something we rightly value and bullying represents the opposite of this ideal. It can take many forms and served to hurt the person who is receiving it. There's a range of issues in need of consideration when thinking about taking on such a delicate and complicated problem that clearly needs to be addressed.

There is a range of reasons why it is problematic. Interaction between children involves lots of discovery and there is a tendency for behaviours to be misinterpreted. Children often make snap judgments based on momentary observation. Most of us will experience it in some way and so we'll be able to have come sort of understanding of why it happens and how it happens.

It is necessary to understand the root causes of why it happens. Most of us learn our behaviour from other people so we can determine that is someone is being teased for a matter that relates to race or gender for example then the child has learned this from a guardian or parent. In matters like this the best approach may be to talk things through with their family to see where this belief stems from and uncover any underlying prejudice.

Education is of extreme importance in this regard. Many are not fully aware of how much harm bullying can have on the development of others so this must be clearly outlined so that the real life consequences can be properly considered. This may make them think twice about behaving in a way that involves being disrespectful to others and decrease the likelihood of mistreating others.

There are many teaching methods that can be employed to show this, for example role playing or showing them a film or TV example of how someone has been ill treated and the effects it has had on their well being. This was very effectively done by teacher Jane Elliot, famous for her blue eyes and brown eyes experiment which showed how easy prejudice comes into being.

Peer groups can be the cause of issues of this nature. We all know it's perfectly okay for children to create their own social groups but this can often lead them to be in opposition with others and can cause problems.

With the right input from teacher and parents it can be explained to them that it is important to respect the approaches of others, even those with whom we have little in common. In doing this it becomes more likely that an atmosphere of respect for others will be developed

Physical bullying makes up for a lot of this behaviour and can be spotted easily. This does not mean it is simple to tackle because the reasons for lashing out physically are often deeply rooted psychologically. Violence in any form should not be tolerated and children should have this explained from a young age by those in authority. It should be clearly explained why settling differences with diplomacy is better than using fists or weapons.




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