Teasing at school among young children is every parent’s fear. After having nurtured them at home in the pre-school years and being there for them when incidents happen at parent and toddler group, letting them go out into the big world of school can be very daunting and you cannot be there to protect them from every other children.
My own daughter gets teased at school as she sits next to a boy she likes. She also has long hair and often gets comments that she has nits (she doesn’t, I regularly check) ;-)
In this week’s hangout we talk about teasing at school. These are some of the topics Beckie Whitehouse of BeConfident.org and I discuss:
- How to handle when your child tells you they are being teased
- How to deal with playground behaviour when shared with older children
- How to help your child to deal with being left out
Has your child had a problem with teasing at school? How have you helped them deal with it? How did you handle it yourself?
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Helen
Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, and website editor; and this site is (we think) the only Social Enterprise parenting magazine! Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, and use those grey cells at the same time. KiddyCharts has reach of over 1.1million across social and the site. The blog works with big family brands (including travel) to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. It gives 51%+ profits to Reverence for Life, who fund a number of important initiatives in Africa, including bringing running water and basic equipment to a school in Tanzania. Helen has worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. She loves to be creative in the brand campaigns she works on. Get in touch TODAY!