The Bullying Problem

Being as small of a child as I was, I was a prime target for bullies. At that time there were no classes or seminars to help prevent bullying, I just learned to cope with it. I found out early on that if I pay no attention to what people say about me, it's really hard to get mad at a joke that is made about me. By laughing at what bullies said and keeping a level head, I found that bullying was just a waste of time. Yet there are kids in the world that are not able to handle bullying as so. Many times kids don't mention the entire facts to there parents about the bullying, so the parents can't help to their full capability. This is when kids begin to believe that maybe no one can help them with their situation and turn a minor bullying problem into a spell of depression which has caused suicide. In many seminars today lectures often just tell parents to take your child seriously or gather facts. Which may often leave stories with a hole due to the tentativeness of the child. Also in those same seminars the lectures just tell kids to stay in groups or laugh the problem out, as if telling a 13 year old child that is going to stick in his mind day through day. I don't think specialist are trying hard enough to regulate these situations troubling our youth today. Possible if there was more punishment at the begging threats of bullying. By taking away the problem away at an early stage, their is less chance for the problem to spread. But until that day I think the best way to get through these situations is to have an open, honest relationship with our child. If a child can tell the full problem to a parent, there should be no reason why a parent can't tell the whole truth to school officials or where ever the bulling is taking place, and take care of the problem before someone losses a life.