Anti Bullying

ANTI BULLYING CONFERENCE



I was very fortunate to be given the opportunity to go to an anti bullying conference yesterday. I know we will never eradicate the problem but with conferences like this, plus the dedicated people I met we may be able to ease some of the long-term ill affects this has on young people.

We had a talk from John Khan, who works in East Sussex, as a consultant on bullying. He explained how they handle the problem there. The main issue that came over then and later in the day from other speakers was that the problem could be solved if children would just tell someone. I know it sounds simple but as we all know victims are always scared to talk about it. They do not always know whom they can trust. Also what came over from the talks we had with professionals and children alike is they do not always want the bullies punished. They just want to be left alone.
One teacher who gave us some incidences of bullying in her school said that one girl said she just wanted the bully to talk to her civilly.
I know I have simplified things here but the main thing to know is we do have teachers and other professionals who work with are young people who are totally dedicated. They went back to their place of work with many ideas to pass on to their colleagues.
posted by pat