Tag: bullying

RANT: Bullying – What Do We Teach Our Kids?

It’s a fact of life. There will always be bullies. How do we deal with it? I struggle with the answer to this question as I decide what to teach my 4-year-old daughter. We went to a community carnival and spent 20 minutes in line for a turn in the bouncy castle. When it was her turn, my daughter went...

LIFE: Child’s Play, the Bullying Battlefield

My daughter is by nature a very shy and sensitive girl. She is never the kid that runs up to other people and gives them hugs or initiates interaction. At dance class or music class, she will run up to get something like the other kids, but always hovers in the back, waiting. Sometimes I worry that she isn’t assertive...