Parents to be fined £1000 if their kids are bullies

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Um... what are we supposed to do? Go to school with them to make sure they behave?

What the hell is this government on? It's like a bloke in a pub whose had a couple of pints and comes up with some brilliant simplistic solution to a problem. Then makes a white paper out of it. I wonder if they get their ideas from sitting in pubs with pissheads.

I like the idea that we can return to tribal responsibility for the actions of individuals as well - let's re-introduce family feuds, like the Albanians have, shall we? And isn't collective punishment against the UN charter? This would be amusing if it wasn't so barking.

And the children with specific SN, like adha, asd, severe dyslexia/ dyspraxia are most often in 'bottom' sets where you find the bulk children with EBD.

As I have posted more times than I care to think about, those children who are least able to deal with violent and unpredictable behaviour are the ones who see it most. And the teachers cannot give them the educational support that they need since they spend most of their time managing the behaviour of children who are totaly out of control and out of place.

Well, as regards TA etc, Sam gets a total of O HOURS from anyone!! And despite being assessed as very bright he is in bottomm set for everything as he cannot display what he can do in a group setting. I think boredom is a big part of it but like you said, witnessing those kids with other problems being violent isn't helping either. Having SENCO's in schools who didn't have classes and other responsibilities would be a good start, even if part time (Sam has never seen a SENCO as she has a class and also responsibility for RE in a Church school).

What has helped Sam though is two things: 1. his teacher has finally cottoned on and has been having little talks with him, and 2) the RE club he attends seems to help- he keeps saying 'God's sad that I did that'.

Now I don't advocate mass religion, but non-religious mentorship and social / moral reasoning would benefit all students surely? regardless of if they have SN

I totally agree with this idea.

I was horribly bullied at school, by both girls and boys. Yet, all I did was sit in the corner and not speak to anyone.

I ended up having to deal with enuresis (spelling?) through out my whole educational life, which magically disappeared when I left school and went to work.

Those bullies put me off going to college, so I went to work at 16. Now I can say I have had an enjoyable 7 years work experience behind me, I have a fantastic son who I love dearly. My dh didn't go to the same school as I did, so although he knows my past, and my difficulties, he has stuck with me through thick and thin. I have a great job where I get on well with 99% of all staff, and I can also gain qualifications through my employers.

The crazy thing is, I know, by face and slightly by personality, the parents of some of my bullies, and they're lovely people. If the school had bothered to take note of my complaints, and notified those parents of my situation, my problems would have lessened.

I was bullied at school by people who i thought were my friends, I use to dread going to school, getting on the bus, the main one was a big tough girl and she would also hurt me, I felt so weak and humilliated. Sometimes we would be friends and then I would be pressured into making someone else's life a misery, she was a really horrible person, yet I have seen her since school and found myself being really polite to her & she is the same to me, it's my other so called friends at school, who stood by and did nothing that i feel angry with. I am a very sensitive person because of it and I get very angry when my 2 ds are subjected to bullying, I would not tollerate them doing it, and although they are no angels, they are kind to others.