Would you be able to tell if your child is being bullied?
By ladyhill
@ladyhill (78)
United States
July 22, 2012 6:06pm CST
I saw this article on Yahoo and it made me wonder. I am close to my kids and I would love to think that they feel like they can come to me about anything. However as I read more of the article it stated a reason a child might not tell would be because of the fear of the response of the parents and also that telling the parent that they are a victim would be disappointing.
That really blew my mind. I never really thought of it like that. I try to praise my children and build their esteem because I wished my parents would have done the same from me. However I would not want them to think that because I think so highly of them they can't come to me with something that make them feel inadequate.
Lord, I tell you this parenting thing is tough. If you read anything I have written before you may know I have 4 children 3 girls and 1 boy. I have no idea what I am doing and every day I learn something new.
Now I have to talk with them and stress to them not to be afraid to come to Hub's and I if they are ever bullied...
4 responses
@Jshean20 (14348)
• Canada
28 Jul 12
I don't have kids yet but thinking about what it could be like in the future with them dealing with a bully is a little scary. I suppose some kids are good at hiding things so you may not be able to tell that they are being bullied, others may show signs. I know my co workers son has been affected so bad by a bully that he lost a bunch of weight and now has serious social anxiety issues. He has also developed a stomache issue and it may be an ulcer. I find this heartbreaking that a kid or anyone has to face this.
@Zhizho (1350)
• Indonesia
23 Jul 12
I like your topic. Children should be feel comfort with their parent surely but there is must be something wrong when they fear to tell to their parent especially when they does being bullied. Sad to know that. Some parents maybe they does not realize that their way to educating or communicating with their children make their children uncomfortable. As a parent, I keep learning to be good parent. I have two kids and I realize that I still trying to be a good mom.
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
23 Jul 12
It is unfortunate that we must talk to our kids about these things. In the past, my son has come to us when he was bullied. I would hope that trend would continue. I do know that he would never go to his biological Dad about being bullied.
@jureathome (5361)
• Philippines
23 Jul 12
That is indeed a concern. I would surely hope my kids would tell me anything that is bothering me. I'd like her to think of me as her bestfriend and confidante, too. I always ask her about school everytime she comes back home and she would only tell me at most 3 sentences of how the day was. I don't know if that's normal or she isn't the type to document her activities in mind to tell mom about it. If anyone hurts her, I'd really want her to tell me about it. I wouldn't tolerate anyone laying a hand on my kids, same way that I wouldn't want her to hurt other people.
