Connecting With Your Children is Essential!
A Daily Commitment to Parent-Child Connections Why is support needed for families whose children have been the victim of bullying and harassing behavior? “The clinical repercussions that bullying and cyberbullying have on today’s youth present the most troubling issue at hand” (Donegan, pg 36, 2012) . Unfortunately, bullying is a wide-scope issue that leaves many parents and caregivers looking for ways to support their vulnerable child. Fundamentally, most of us understand what bullying is but not as much information is available about how to respond when it happens to your child. That’s what makes this blog and other advocacy efforts invaluable to families in distress! I’m here to explore the answers to that question with you! Parents have many shared values. We value family and our children, honesty, fairness, and inclusion. Repeated mean and harassing behavior threatens those values. Working together as a community of committed parents, we can support and instill those sacred v...
