Is Your Child a Victim or a Bully? Expert Offers Advice
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It's a concern for parents and children alike during the school year: What if not all that goes on at a school playground is fun and games?
According to a study by James Snyder, a child psychologist at Wichita State University in Kansas, kindergartners bully each other once every six minutes.
"All kids are exposed to bullying, and most kids figure out how to deal with it," said Snyder, who has studied schoolyard bullies and their victims for the past eight years.
- Realize that the transition to school at kindergarten or transfer to a new school presents children with the challenge of re-establishing effective relationships with peers (and teachers).
- Be open to feedback from the teacher/school about problems -- even ones that indicate your child is misbehaving.
- Most children who "get in trouble" in terms of being aggressive toward peers are not "mean" but rather are overly reactive to challenging peer situations.
- Focus on actions that can be taken at school to monitor the problem or to intervene to prevent escalation to aggression (both by and to peers).
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