Bullies and cyberbullies

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Re: Bullies and cyberbullies

@rabia3983

This is great advice, BUT here in the US the bigger issue is the lack of parenting, kids don’t get the attention they want from their parents, kids dont even have both parents in their lives, unstable household…etc.
I think that’s a cause of a lot of bulling in the west. So i think as a parent we have to prepare our children to deal with these types of situations…i don’t know how you prepare them.

I don’t think I agree with is, it seems like a gross exaggeration. I spend a lot of time as a youth group advisor at our masjid and I can say that some of the meanest kids I’ve seen are the ones whose moms are the gossipy, “ladies who lunch” stay at home crowd. They emulate the behaviors they see at home. I think what moodie is getting at is if kids witness their parents being snarky/elitist/mean spirited they will learn those behaviors themselves. Kids are like sponges and absorb everything. Teaching empathy is the easiest way to prepare your kids on how to deal with bullying.

Going back to your earlier comment about bullying not being prevalent in schools in Pakistan…my husband has told me plenty of stories about the antics of his classmates in KHI, and they were downright mean. It’s not a geographical problem, bullying happens everywhere and takes on many different forms.