What Would You Do Wednesday? BULLIES!
Think back to a time when you walked the hallways of your school as a youth - I'm sure you can remember a rude look, sideways glance, or outward comment directed at you every once in awhile. Now, imagine how you would feel if you had that experience every day due to having some type of special need. Most of the time, people do not mean to be mean - but we all know that children can be especially mean to other children – they can be especially nice too -but I will save that for another post! When kids are mean or act like bullies - and it affects the children in your life - you are bound to be frustrated and hurt for them or for yourself.
What can be done?
We can try to prepare our children in our lives for the inevitable and try to give them the tools to handle it – but that will not always work. What if your child is non-verbal or what if they cannot stand up for themselves for whatever reason.
How do we address this issue as parents, siblings, friends, teachers and family of children who have special needs? How do we help our children? Do we try to educate the students/friends directly? If there is a problem with a particular child – would you address the parent of that child?
Tell us, what you would do! Let's talk about it in the comments section.
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