School bullying anxiety

[Dawny65]

Do you think bullying at school has got worse today or is it just talked about and addressed more? When my own children started school I had big fears about them not making friends or being bullied. They sailed through school without any problems. My grandson is only 2 but already I get worried, sometimes even depressed & tearful about it. I feel so sorry for children who don't fit in.
Apart from being ostracised & mentally bullied for a few months in one job I've never had problems with bullying either & had a normal school life.
Maybe it's menopause causing the depression, or I should shut myself off from mumsnet or reading the news. I don't project my fears onto my grandson's parents so I only talk to my husband about it. He thinks I'm being totally irrational & to just enjoy our little grandson who we are lucky to see regularly.
He's right of course! But I can't spend the next 16 years in a state of turmoil, worrying about every little aspect of his school life like this!

It’s something you can only prepare them for - not fully protect them against . It’s natural you feel protective for your GS but becoming anxious won’t instill any confidence in either you or him in future .
Can you take a look in your local library and swot up on any publications you can read as an adult - or find some picture books you can share with him which feature kind but firm characters standing firm against a bully or other obstacles ? He might well sail through his academic life exactly as your children did . You must have given them the support and resilience they needed to do that as bullying in some form or other has always gone on in schools . In life whether you are 2, 22 or whatever age there will be bullies - and strategies to cope with them .