Mr DAVID VILAKAZI

ObjectivesWhat if my child is a BULLY?

Importance of EMPATHYBULLYING vs. Peer Conflicts

What if my Child is a BULLY?

• Explain to your child that is wrong to hurt others• Make sure aggressive behavior are recognized• Try to understand why are they behaving this way • Work with the school to develop a behavior plan that

outlines the consequences for your Childs behavior both at school and as well at home

• Discuss the long term impacts of bullying

The Importance of Empathy

• It is the ability to understand how another person feels and to care about it, to walk in another's shoes.

• It’s a foundation for acting ethically, for good relationships of many kinds, for loving well, and for professional success.

• Children learn empathy both from watching us and from experiencing our empathy for them. When we empathize with our children they develop trusting, secure attachments with us.

• It is the core, the most important of all human traits; without empathy you cannot really have meaningful relationship.

Empathy is the cornerstone of establishing and maintaining successful relationship

Bullying vs. Peer Conflicts

References

• Beaty LA, Alexeyev EB (2008). The problem of school bullies: What the research tells us.

• Lyznicki J, et al. (2004). Childhood bullying: Implications for physicians. American Family Physicians, 70(9): 1723–1728

• Vanderbilt D (2011). Bullying. In M Augustyn et al., eds., The Zuckerman Parker Handbook of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics for Primary Care, 3rd ed., pp. 160–163. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.