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Show January Garfield County Insider 2011 ASK A SPECIALIST •• How can I Help my Child Deal with the School Bully? Answer by: Kathleen Riggs, USU Extension family and consumer sciences professor Unfortunately, bullying stroyed or missing, be- can be as simple as saying, occurs frequently among comes withdrawn, afraid, "You can't talk to me like youths, but parents aren't upset or nervous, has unex- that. Leave me alone," or always aware that their son plained bruises, scratches even just, "So what?" Teach or daughter may be dealing or cuts or begins to bully your child to act confident with it. other children or siblings and to look the bully in the Physical and emotional What can you do as a par- eye. bullying are the most fre- ent if you think your child • Some bullies actually quent types. Boys tend to is being bullied? Ask your feed on getting a response. use physical bullying while child. While he or she may Tell your child to stand up girls tend to use emotional be scared to tell you about for him or herself this way bullying. Whether a young it and may perhaps deny just once. If it doesn't work, person gets hit or punched, that anything is wrong, take move on to something else. teased or shunned, bully- whatever is said seriously, Never encourage your child ing can be very harmful to even if it seems small. Your to fight with the bully. a child. job is to become trusted • Use humor to distract In addition, the latest trend enough that you can find the bully. Doing or saying of using cell phones and out exactly what is or has something funny or unexcomputers as tools for bul- been going on. pected is another good way lying can be just as harmful. According to Don Bow- to distract a bully. Help Referred to as cyber-bully- er, University of Georgia your child come up with ing, your child may receive Extension human develop- a silly one-liner that could threatening texts or e-mails, ment specialist, there are throw the bully off-balance. be "put down" on blogs or six skills parents can teach It might be enough to make chat rooms or be the target their youths: him or her stop. of mass instant messaging. • Practice positive self-talk. • "Never let the bully see In the worst cases, bullying Teach your child to give a you sweat." Teach your can lead to depression, low silent, personal pep talk child not to let a bully see self-esteem, shyness, poor when he or she is picked on. that he or she is upset or grades, isolation and even For example, your child can scared. Bullies want to feel threatened or attempted sui- tell him or herself, "I know powerful, and that is exactcide. what you're saying isn't ly how they feel when they Additional signs that can true. I don't feel that way see their target is afraid. • Avoid, when necessary. be an indication your child about myself." is being bullied include: he • Know when to stand up. One of the best ways to or she is suddenly scared to Your child should tell the avoid bullying is to avoid go to school, comes home bully that he or she won't the bully. Tell your child with clothes or books de- put up with the bullying. It to find a different route to school or walk down a different hallway. This is not a long-term solution but it ofLark N. Reynolds CPA, PLLC fers your child safety in the short run. Looking for a local CPA to help you with your Tax Preparation or For more information on Business Accounting? Contact Lark today. 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