Our topic this month is BULLIES – and while deciding which safety tip to give you this week -I had a little personal crisis with my nine year old daugther at her new school today.
She loves her new school but one boy in her class is calling her names and with his actions/words are really hurting her.
Wat sê mens vir jou kind?? Ek gaan ASAP met die juffrou praat dat sy vir Mia op ‘n ander plek in die klas plaas en ek het mooi met Mia gepraat oor wat die beste plan van aksie is.
Ek kom ook toe af op Kidpower(www.kidpower.org) se Bullies tips – en een het my regtig opgeval- omdat dit geld vir haar en vir my! Lees bietjie….
Filtering hurtful words.
Mean words are like trash. If we take them in our bodies, we can feel bad. Help kids imagine catching mean words so they don’t go inside.
We can throw the mean words away. The idea of a screen around their hearts and minds often helps older kids let in the words that help them grow, learn, and have fun while keeping
out the words that break them down.
And then I discovered another excellent blog and exercise that you can do with your kids:
Talking to your Child about Hatred and Prejudice
When life hands you a lemon, peel it
We often think that teaching our children about Diversity is a long and difficult task. However as the following exercise shows, it can be as simple as peeling a lemon:
Gather a group of young children and give them lemons, one lemon for each child. Tell them to `get to know your lemon.” The children will examine their lemons-smell them, touch them, throw them in the air, and roll them around. After a few minutes, take the lemons back and collect them in a big basket. Next, ask the children to find their lemons from among the bunch. Remarkably, most recognize their lemons at once. Some will even get protective of them.
Next, ask the children to describe how they recognized their lemons. The responses are always varied. “My lemon was a big lemon,” one might say. “My lemon was a perfect lemon,” says another. And another, “My lemon had dents and bruises.” This launches the discussion about how people are like that-different sizes, different shapes, different shades of color, different “dents and bruises.”
After exploring those ideas, collect the lemons again. This time, peel the lemons and return them to the basket without their protective skin. Now tell the children to again find their lemon. Presented with this quandary, the children’s reactions are always precious. “But the lemons all look the same!” they’ll exclaim. This opens the door to a discussion of how people, much like the lemons, are pretty much the same on the inside.
While it may take only 15 minutes and a bowl of lemons to teach young children about diversity, it takes a conscious effort and a lifetime of attention to ensure that lesson is remembered. As parents and teachers, we must provide that commitment.
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Sterkte vir die res van die skool week!
Sandra
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thanks Sandra
gaan beslis hierdie raad onthou vir wanneer Nicole groter is – dit is een van my grootste “vrese” wat ek vir haar het – dat sy geboelie gaan word – ek is op skool (laer en hoerskool) geboelie (name calling) en kan onthou hoe seer dit my gemaak het.
Ja, Ilze – Mia was in trane vanmiddag. Een seuntjie het haar heeldag gespot omdat sy so klein is! En Mia het so baie selfvertroue- maar dit het haar so seergemaak.
Ek het maar mooi gesit en gepraat – en dan moet jy kalm en rustig bly! Ek gaan more met die skool en juffrou praat – die seuntjie het ook regtig hulp nodig. Sy het ‘n stukkie daarvan op die skoolgrond vir my met die sel afgeneem en dit was nie mooi nie!
‘n Mens wil hulle nie in watte toedraai nie – maar ek nie hê sy moet so stres in die klas nie! Ek lees nogals baie op oor die bullie tendens, en dit raak net erger met selfone en die Internet!
Hulle noem dit Cyberbullying.