Family: Talk with children about bullying

children usually define bullying as pushing ,hitting,or pulling another child's hair. They may add yelling,insulting or accusing somebody of things he/she didn't do and intimidating or scaring a child to take his money or school things.

Hurting someone morally such as spreading rumours about others, making fun of children,or alienating someone and leaving him/her out and not letting them integrate in a group may also be considered by children as bulliying.
Children may also speak about cyber bullying. All these types of bulliying involve children or  peer school mates with a slight age difference between each others .

Why do children bully?

Some children resort to bullying to get attention , become popular or gain power .They sometimes
attack their peers verbally,morally or physically just to get material things. Therefore bullies most often pick on people who are weaker or smaller than them, children who generally don't easily make friends at school or in the neighborhood and those who do not stick up for themselves.

Children usually find solutions to face peer bullying such as ignoring bullies if they feel that the latters are just waiting for a reaction. Sometimes they tend to be brave enough to get adults help and take a stand against violence. They even involve everyone around unless they feel they are as helpless as themselves.

What children don't know about bulliying?

Some children feel helpless in several situation that they think normal such as

-Being regularly compared to a sibling at home or a peer student at school by parents or teachers.
-Being asked to perform tasks they don't like or are beyond their abilities in profit of surrounding adults.
-Being deprived of one or more rights at home or at school.
These are aspects of bullying some children are facing without knowing that they may complain or involve other adults in to get their help.

Therefore it's of a great importance for the children to talk to adults they trust about any aggression they face let alone any kind of sexual abuse.