I was just looking through some older blog posts that I wrote.

One jumped out at me…

The idea of bullying. And… more importantly how to address it.

My post was about kids bullying kids… but what about adults bullying kids? What do we do about that? How do we empower our children to know what to do and to care for themselves?

It’s hard when you’re a child. The intrinsic design of being a child, means you don’t have any power… ok, when you’re a baby you might because your needs often dictate the house schedule. :)

But… after that, and especially once kids are in elementary school, they encounter and interact with a lot of adults.

Now, there’s a line I know between disrespect and empowerment. However, how does that line of disrespect look for adults as well… adults disrespecting kids?

We all know adults like this, unfortunately. The type who are adult bullies.

I was thinking a lot about this. What are some tips, some words, some actions we can give to our children?

I am thinking we all need to have more conversations with our kids, and the kids in our lives, about just that.

Strategies… actions and words that they can use. And the most important thing, a trusted adult that they can count on NO MATTER WHAT!

Beyond the regular things we teach our kids… we also need to teach them how to know when they are not being respected by the adults in their lives. Kids… they deserve our best efforts.

I know none of us are perfect, but we need to be the people our children can trust to help them understand how to care for themselves well, and they are valuable.

Take the time to have a conversation, and please model the behaviors you want the children in your life to emulate.

Until next time,

Pam