Tips for Parents and Educators

Parents	Both	Educators
Teach children to treat themselves and others with respect Teach your children how their behavior affects others Help your child to find positive ways to deal with anger Turn off the TV Set up a buddy system for safe passage to and from school Learn about your schools bullying policies Teach children to identify and solve the problem rather than attacking the person	Model respect and compassion with your words and actions Let kids’ know it’s okay to talk about problems and that adults will listen and help Teach children the difference between “ratting” or “tattling” and “reporting” Practice mutual problem solving Join forces with parents, teachers and community members to prevent bullying	Respond quickly to incidents of disrespectful behavior and bullying Develop a school wide sense of community and caring Provide training for students, staff and parents in multicultural awareness, tolerance, character building, peer mediation, problem solving, respectful communication skills and conflict resolution Provide safe ways for children to talk about bullying Provide supervision in hallways, bathrooms, by the lockers and on the playground