How to Protect Your Child from Bullies: A Practical Guide for Parents - Softcover

Milburn-Curtis, Coral

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0955167779 ISBN 13: 9780955167775

Publisher: Word4Word, 2007

Synopsis

Much time, effort and money has been expended on anti-bullying initiatives over the years. Have they worked for your child If not, then you need this workbook. In this practical How to Protect Your Child from Bullies, former headteacher Dr Coral Milburn-Curtis dismisses previous ineffective initiatives and presents an evidenced-based approach, based upon the view that teaching children how to handle bullies is an essential life skill. How to Protect Your Child from Bullies is a practical workbook which will give parents: strategies for building up their child's self-esteem and resistance to bullying; techniques for handling bullies and cyberbullies; life-skills for resisting peer pressure and saying 'No'; help to work out friendship problems, cliques and gossips; and forms and letters for dealing with schools.

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Synopsis

Don't let your child be the next bullying statistic! Does your child lack self-belief? Have they been picked on, bossed around, bullied, teased or victimised? Are they reluctant to go to school because of friendship problems, cliques, gossips or peer pressure? Are you worried about the increase in teasing, bullying and physical attacks, especially in and around schools? Do you want to make your child bully-proof? Reassuring and simple, this book will benefit your child(ren) by putting them more in charge of their lives. With this toolkit of skills, you can help your child to learn how to strengthen self-esteem, handle bullies, resist peer pressure, master the art of body language, combat cyber bullying, develop assertiveness and learn how to say 'No.' In simple words and real-life exercises, your child will discover new ways to tap into a 'bank of happiness', will learn positive ways to manage negative feelings and will learn the techniques necessary to manage friendship problems, cliques and gossips - techniques which will last a lifetime. Most importantly, your child will learn how to diffuse potentially confrontational situations, without losing face or getting into trouble.

Edition details

• Publisher: Word4Word
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0955167779
• ISBN 13: 9780955167775
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96