Facing the Bully: 6 Steps You and Your Kids Can Take to End the Abuse

Despite widespread media attention to the issue of bullying, one in five high school students say it’s happened to them, and the number may be even higher for younger children. The experts at Weekly Reader’s Current Health magazine, which reaches students in grades 4 through 12 across the country, sifted through the research and offer meaningful steps that everyone can take to combat bullying.
Some Surprising Findings :
• The most powerful person in any bullying situation is often the bystander.
• Bullies are frequently popular with other children.
• The children most likely to be bullied are not the kids at the bottom of the social prestige
ladder but rather those somewhere in the middle.
What KIDS Can Do:
What PARENTS Can Do:
Current Health has published two special issues packed with much more information, expert advice, and resources to help parents, kids, and teachers understand and end bullying—and they are available for FREE! Just visit www.weeklyreader.com/CHbullying.
Current Health is a monthly magazine published in two editions by Weekly Reader, publisher of quality, groundbreaking educational materials for more than a century. Current Health turns health class into real-life learning by providing comprehensive, trusted, and age-appropriate health information for students in the areas of physical health, emotional health, fitness and nutrition, decision making, relationships, public and global health concerns, and more.
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we talk about this so much in our house. Everyone of my kids said there is no such thing as bullying anymore and that is the stuff of my generation. If they are not directly involved..they are blind. we have to constantly remind them that they are their brothers (the human race!) keeper…..
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