Is your child being bullied? How can you prevent bullying? How do you talk to children about bullying?
Jennifer Thomson’s informative guide will give a whole new perspective on this age-old problem that blights children’s lives. She will offer some answers as to why children are bullied and how parents can stop it from happening, as well as providing some proven methods on how to help the bullied child boost their plummeting self-esteem.
When your child is being bullied you feel helpless and lost. You want to know:
- Why is this happening to them?
- How can you help them?
- What is the school’s role in stopping the bullying?
- How can you build that child back up after their confidence has taken such a knock?
Whether you think that your child is being bullied or are worried by the horrifying stories of bullying in our schools and want to know what you can do, this practical guide will provide you with the facts and resources you need.
Bullying - A Parent's Guide is written by Jennifer Thomson. Jennifer is a writer, journalist and editor. She knows the agony of bullying as she was bullied as a child and helps children who have suffered as she did. Jennifer describes herself as an adult bully survivor and that's what inspired her to write this book.
Page count: 98
Chapter headings: Introduction, Bullying: The Inside Story, Is My Child Being Bullied?, Talking to Your Child, Why My Child?, How to Prevent Your Child from Getting Bullied, Going to the School, Other Help You Can Get, Inside the Mind of the Bullied Child, Boosting Your Child’s Self-esteem, Help List, Book List.
Publication date: 2005 Updated 2008
ISBN number: 978-1-86144-044-0
Book Reviews of Bullying - A Parent's Guide
'This is a book for parents – it gives space to the often difficult task of persuading a school to take the issue seriously – but it’s exactly this perspective that makes it so helpful to teachers.’ Gerald Haigh, The Times Educational Supplement.
