Protecting children from school bullying, easy or difficult?

The story about friendship is integrated into the lesson "Caring, Sympathy and Sharing", a civics class for grade 7 at Colette Secondary School, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City - Photo: TTANH

Just the matter of students bullying each other, I think it is not easy when "insiders" often do not say anything. This happens everywhere. It is impossible to have statistics on the types of bullying students do.

Incidents of students fighting or intentionally hurting you physically can be reported with evidence and witnesses. But psychological violence and other types of bullying still happen silently in schools and classrooms.

One or two problem students in class can cause a lot of trouble or bully many people at school.

There are two friends with the same name in class, one of whom tends to "become the boss" of a group and may bully, tease, threaten, and threaten to beat up the friend who seems weaker than her. A girl who often hangs out with a boy in school may also be threatened by another girl.

A lazy boyfriend can think of many ways to scare his better students into doing their homework for him. There are even ways to threaten and force his friends to buy him food, drinks, and other things...

Stories like this have become commonplace in middle schools. Many types of bullying target appearance, clothing, and more commonly, bullying of disadvantaged students or those with passive, shy personalities.

Fights can be easier to detect and stop than silent threats, and the frightened “victim” chooses to suffer in silence. Many other students know about the bullying but do not speak up because they do not feel it concerns them or do not know who to tell.

How can bullying be detected early and how can bullied students overcome their fear?

Preventing violence is not entirely the responsibility of schools or school campuses. But solutions to reduce it start at school. It is the responsibility of teachers to create the healthiest school environment possible, to prevent all forms of physical and emotional violence, not just to deal with what has already happened.

Parents also need to know more about their children to help them get out of trouble or correct them when they are the "bully".

But the most important thing is still the awareness and skills of students. It is not an exaggeration to say that children need to be taught how to "escape" bullying from kindergarten age. Then in elementary and middle school, each age needs different methods and knowledge, but all need to understand that bullying others is wrong.

To avoid being bullied, you need to make an effort to study better, be healthier, and be more confident. Getting along with friends is also a way to escape fear (if any) and become bolder, knowing what to do if you are bullied.

The most important thing to do is to know who to report violence to when you hear about it, regardless of whether it is your own or someone else's. Many parents still tell their children to avoid it if it is not their business. Most students, when they know "something is about to happen", that someone might be beaten or bullied, choose to stay silent, not report it to the teacher, and even more so to their parents.

Speak up to protect yourself, protect your friends

Knowing how to recognize wrongdoing, how to handle it appropriately, and who to report to when seeing violence and bullying around them are skills and courage that students need to be taught more thoroughly.

Life skills lessons in schools need to have many learning and practice situations from real-life situations in the classroom. Schools will have an easier time reducing violence and bullying when more students are brave enough to speak up about it, protect themselves and protect their friends.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/bao-ve-tre-truoc-bat-nat-hoc-duong-de-hay-kho-20241001223446626.htm