Anti-Bullying Week 2010

Bullying is never acceptable. Yet according to the National Centre for Social Research nearly half of England's 12 to 15 year olds have faced some form of bullying (including cyber-bullying) over the last year.

For parents, one of the problems of bullying is that it has usually been going on for some time before they find out about it – whether from a school, their child, or some other concerned person.

There are, however, signs and changes in patterns of behaviour that can indicate a child is being bullied. For a checklist of these signs to watch out for see Bullying – is your child the victim or the perpetrator?

Another problem is that some types of bullying have become almost accepted as what our children can expect in our society: name calling, being unkind, leaving a child out of a group and so on... What Lyndall Horton-James does so successfully and comprehensively in her book Raising Bullywise Kids, is to alert parents and those working with children to the widespread and insidious forms of bullying as well as the more obvious bullying techniques.

Raising Bullywise Kids is set out in an easy to read, accessible format that gives the parent advice and strategies for dealing with bullying, avoiding conflict, liaising with your child's school and teachers and working through the issues involved if the bullying is happening within the family.

Recommended reading for every parent and available from Amazon by clicking the link below:

Raising Bullywise Kids: Everything You Need to Know to Protect Kids from Bullying