Help Children and Teens Deal With Bullying
Parents, caregivers, siblings, and mentors play an important role in helping children and teens deal with bullying and cyberbullying. Sometimes it’s not clear what children’s and teen’s moods relate to. Changes in a child’s behavior and mood can stem from any number of things. But there are things parents, caregivers, siblings, and mentors can do to determine if a child might be dealing with bullying and to help them to address it.
Learn more about how some children are at higher risk for being bullied.
Determine if a child or teen has any of the warning signs for bullying or cyberbullying.
Check on the child or teen’s use of apps, social media, and gaming and strengthen your awareness of their digital life.
Help them learn how to deal with “haters.”
Share video tips from teens on:
- What to do if you bullied someone
- What to do if you see bullying happen
- Teasing and bullying are different
- What to do when no adult is around
- What to do if you’ve been bullied
- What to do if you are cyberbullied
- What to do when online gaming gets mean
Adults can support the kids involved in bullying. This includes the child who was bullied, the one who did the bullying, and bystanders.
Role-play how to handle bullying as a bystander.
With your support, children and teens can learn how to deal with bullying situations. You can help them feel more confident and secure in their interactions with their peers.
In the News
- Teens Talk: What Works to Stop Cyberbullying
- California Governor Signs Three Laws Aimed at Preventing Bullying and Suicides
- What Are the Best Ways to Prevent Bullying in Schools? A New Study Identifies the Most Effective Approaches to Bullying Prevention.
- How Bullying May Shape Adolescent Brains
Recent Bullying Research Highlights
- Intersections Between Multiple Forms of Bias-Based Bullying Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Youth
- Racial Differences in the Applicability of Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model for Adolescent Bullying Involvement
- The Effect of Social, Verbal, Physical, and Cyberbullying Victimization on Academic Performance
- Styles of Bystander Intervention in Cyberbullying Incidents
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