Bully Victim - 10 Signs to Look For!
According to research, approximately 10% of school going children is found to be the victim of bullying.
Bullying is a common phenomenon in school age children and there are several factors that encourage children to bully their victims.
According to experts, careful measures should be taken to stop the bullying.
Experts also say that it is easy to prevent bullying than to cease it.
Well the question arises, where bullying take place in school premises.
The answer is bullying is common in isolated areas where there is no supervision at all.
To prevent your child to be the victim of bullying, it is a good idea to advise your child to avoid an isolated area during recess or during free classes in school.
There are several types of bullying; it can be verbal, physical, mild teasing and hitting as well.
Bully Victims are commonly those students who are timid, weak as compared to other students in the class, introvert, having low self esteem, confused, shy, anxious, and sensitive and those who come from broken or over protective families.
If your child is a victim of a bully then he would be more likely to avoid school and would show anxiety and fear while preparing for school.
Your child may suffer from low self esteem, chronic depression and he would feel more insecure as well.
Signs to look for •If you feel that there is a sudden change in your child's personality and is avoiding school intentionally and creating non specific complaints like trouble sleeping, headache, stomach problem and anxiety or you have found considerable change in the grades of your child then it is a possibility that he/she is a victim of a bully.
•If your child seems worried, afraid and anxious about going to school then there is a problem.
•It is important to know that girls can also be the victim of bullying and they can bully their peers as well.
If you feel that your daughter is upset and if she complains to you that nobody talks to her in school than it means that she could be a victim of bullying as well.
•If your child struggles to control his emotions.
•If your child starts talking to himself or cries during sleep.
If your six year child old suddenly has a wet bed after having a nightmare about being bullied.
•If your child appears to be tiresome, sick in the morning and intentionally make several attempts to miss the school bus.
•If your child suddenly changes the route to school.
•Eats excessively, especially after coming from school and have irregular heart beat and terror in his/her eyes.
•If your child insists that you raise his/her pocket money and starts stealing valuable items from the home then it could mean that the your is a victim of bullying.
•If your child threatens to commit suicide.
It is unfortunate that bullying is common among school children.
Your child can be a victim, witness or a bullying participant as well.
But if you educate your children properly about bullying and its consequences then you can save your child from being the victim of bullying.
However, if you feel unsure about the issue of bullying or do not know what to do or how to deal with it, you should contact the school and find out their school anti bullying policy.
Bullying is a common phenomenon in school age children and there are several factors that encourage children to bully their victims.
According to experts, careful measures should be taken to stop the bullying.
Experts also say that it is easy to prevent bullying than to cease it.
Well the question arises, where bullying take place in school premises.
The answer is bullying is common in isolated areas where there is no supervision at all.
To prevent your child to be the victim of bullying, it is a good idea to advise your child to avoid an isolated area during recess or during free classes in school.
There are several types of bullying; it can be verbal, physical, mild teasing and hitting as well.
Bully Victims are commonly those students who are timid, weak as compared to other students in the class, introvert, having low self esteem, confused, shy, anxious, and sensitive and those who come from broken or over protective families.
If your child is a victim of a bully then he would be more likely to avoid school and would show anxiety and fear while preparing for school.
Your child may suffer from low self esteem, chronic depression and he would feel more insecure as well.
Signs to look for •If you feel that there is a sudden change in your child's personality and is avoiding school intentionally and creating non specific complaints like trouble sleeping, headache, stomach problem and anxiety or you have found considerable change in the grades of your child then it is a possibility that he/she is a victim of a bully.
•If your child seems worried, afraid and anxious about going to school then there is a problem.
•It is important to know that girls can also be the victim of bullying and they can bully their peers as well.
If you feel that your daughter is upset and if she complains to you that nobody talks to her in school than it means that she could be a victim of bullying as well.
•If your child struggles to control his emotions.
•If your child starts talking to himself or cries during sleep.
If your six year child old suddenly has a wet bed after having a nightmare about being bullied.
•If your child appears to be tiresome, sick in the morning and intentionally make several attempts to miss the school bus.
•If your child suddenly changes the route to school.
•Eats excessively, especially after coming from school and have irregular heart beat and terror in his/her eyes.
•If your child insists that you raise his/her pocket money and starts stealing valuable items from the home then it could mean that the your is a victim of bullying.
•If your child threatens to commit suicide.
It is unfortunate that bullying is common among school children.
Your child can be a victim, witness or a bullying participant as well.
But if you educate your children properly about bullying and its consequences then you can save your child from being the victim of bullying.
However, if you feel unsure about the issue of bullying or do not know what to do or how to deal with it, you should contact the school and find out their school anti bullying policy.
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