Bullying Prevention – Special Two Part Series
Just last week an angry father was caught on tape boarding a school bus to confront a group of bullies. He is now apologizing publicly for his actions. He reports…. “I received a phone call that my daughter wasn’t going to school that morning. And she was crying and she was like wasn’t going because she didn’t wanna ride the bus no more,” Jones explains.
Jones says he walked her to the bus stop with the intention of talking with the bus driver about the bullying situation – but went overboard. “I’d like to still apologize. I regret for all the kids that wasn’t involved, that had nothing to do with this.”
Do you wonder what you can do to effectively help prevent and address bullying behaviors? Do you want your kids to know what they can do about bullying?
Please tune in (and tell your friends!) for a two-part show on the revolutionary bullying-prevention program Power Up! being facilitated nationally by Girl Scouts of Colorado. Dru Van Doren is an experienced trainer for this effective program and talks with us on October 6, 2010. She helps parents recognize & understand what bullying is, how it differs for girls and boys, who is a likely bully and/or target, and why and when it happens. She’ll tell us how to be an appropriate advocate for our children (and others of all ages!). This show will deal with the most common questions and concerns parents have.
Then, in part two on October 13th, Dru returns for special parent/child version of the show that you can listen to with your children. She reviews what bullying is (and how to recognize it) in terms that are understandable and appropriate for children, and then share with all of us how we can deal with bullying in the safest & most effective ways. We can make the world a safer place for everyone–because “doing nothing” is not an option!
As always, you are welcome to listen live and join us in the chatroom at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parenting and we will try to pass your questions and comments on to our speaker, or you can call in with live questions at the number given on that website. If you miss the show it will be recorded to download at the website above, or available via iTunes at http://bit.ly/pfhitunes .
We hope you can join us for this important topic with this dynamic speaker!
