It is always a worry for a parent when they send their child off to school that they may not be happy. That they may have trouble keeping up, get into trouble or, worst of all, be bullied.
I know that everyone, even adults have experienced a form of bullying in their life, whether it is someone shouting at you down the road or from someone at work.
Knowing this, I decided to just look online and get a few tips if, God forbid, my child does get bullied. At the end of the day most of the advice I found involves common sense. The main issue that kept popping up was that your child may not tell you that they are being bullied as they are scared their parent will storm into the school.
Now, I can remember my days at school and the worst thing would be for a parent running into school and creating a scene, but now being a parent I can imagine it would be hard to hold back. Knowing your child is upset makes you upset.
The best way to get a bullying problem resolved is to talk to the teachers on the quiet and they are more than likely to move the children in the classroom causing a problem.
My advice now and what I will be doing is instead of waiting for something like this to happen, is to tell my child that they can always talk to me and to stick up for yourself.