Background: ds is 7 and has experienced quite a lot of bullying since he started school. There have been several incidents where all of the boys in his class have ganged up on him and he has been quite badly hurt. I have been involved with the school to seek a solution for some time. I won't say the problem has gone completely but ds is a very large, very articulate and confident child and increasingly has his own strategies for dealing with bullying behaviour. He currently seems happy.
The problem is that there is another child in ds's class who is niether articulate or confident. She is being mercilessly harrassed by the girls. Lots of "you are ugly", "you are stupid" type comments and it is relentless. Eventually this child snaps and hits someone. She is then in trouble and they tease her more. Apparently she cries all the time at home and often tries to run away from school.
Somehow, because of ds, I feel I cannot watch someone else's child be treated like this. However, I do not know what to do. In part I got results because I am a pushy middle class mummy. Her mother is not. Although she cares deeply about her child, she is not a confident person and I am not sure that she feels able to "lay the law down" with the school. However, I do not know her well.
If you were me, would you leave well alone or would you approach the mother and say that I too have had experience of bullying issues and would she like to know what worked for us? Or, is there another course?
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Bullying - can I help someone else's child?
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GooseyLoosey · 11/10/2010 08:48
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