bullying keynote for parents - parenting speaker

Bullying at school - What we know and what we can do to stop it

School bullying is widespread across the United States and Canada. School bullying is a challenge, and it affects the entire community. School bullying is behavior intended to harm the victim. It is a direct form of aggressive behaviour that typically involves a power imbalance and deliberate acts that cause physical, psychological and emotional harm that can also disrupt the learning process, lowers self-esteem and heightens stress inside the classroom. Bullying behaviour is different from aggression or teasing because bullying does not just happen once, it is repeated forms of harassment that involves one or more people who are more powerful, harassing one or more people who are less powerful.
Bullying at school is an age-old problem that occurs from kindergarten to high school and until recently, many took the "children will be children" attitude toward the problem. Bullying is a problem that affects millions of students all across Canada and the USA. Bullying with physical means is less common among girls who typically use more subtle and indirect ways of harassment such as excluding someone from the group, spreading of rumors, and rude stares. Bullying also can happen on-line or electronically which is becoming one area that is being used by the bullies because they don’t have to be face to face with their victim. Students can use personal Web pages, e-mail, instant messaging and Internet chat rooms to spread rumors and harmful pictures as well as threats and intimidation. At reportbullying.com we have online tools to report cyber bullying directly to their principal from the comfort of their own room. Students who are the target of a bully experience negative emotions. Students, teachers and parents have a shared responsibility to create a safe and happy school environment, free from all forms of bullying so that students can create a positive future for themselves.

Parents would like to know what turns some children into bullies. Information from researchers who’ve collected data from students in grades 6-8 who attended middle school.
Those students who were categorize as bullies and demonstrated bad behaviour at school had received more forceful discipline from their parents, had viewed more violence on TV, and demonstrated more misconduct at home. Students that were categorized as bullies generally had fewer adult role models, more exposure to gang activity. Many learn their bad behaviour by example. What kids see, kids do.

If the students are to understand how to reduce bullying in their school then the parents need to be on board. This fun and interactive keynote presentation becomes magical as Jim weaves his message that what children see, children do. Parents will be informed how their own actions, good or bad can influence their child’s behaviour at school.

Jim also demonstrates that you can’t motivate your child if they are demoralized. Demoralized children will not speak up.
Parents will understand how important their role is in reducing bullying at their child’s school and how to make their community a safe place to live