These are all important symptoms that they have become the victims of bullying. If not stopped in time, it could lead to emotional breakdown and even suicide. In a study of 207 junior high and high school students from small Midwestern towns, 88 percent reported having observed bullying, and 77 percent indicated that they had been victims of bullying during their school. These figures only reflect the depth of the problem. You as a parent are the first and foremost authority on your child, it is you that will notice any changes that happen to your child's attitude first. You must take steps to help stop bullying before it becomes too serious.

Bullying, What to do?

You have noticed that your child is exhibiting some of the classic signs of being a bully victim. Now what? You should gently ask them why their behavior has changed. "Why don't you want to go to school anymore, you used to like to?" Do not put a lot of pressure on them at this time. As victims of bullying they are already stressed out, embarrassed, and fearful. Try to get them to talk to you about what is happening. Come right out and ask them if someone is bullying them. Tell them you want to help in anyway that you can. If your child does not tell you what is bothering them, you may have to take drastic steps. Watching your child in the play yard at school, talking to their friends, whatever it takes to find out what is going on. Once you do find out that they are victims of a bully, you should talk to school authorities or the parents of the bully. Although oftentimes when you meet the parents you will find out why the bully is a bully to start with.

There are some good techniques for taking care of the bullying problem. Here are ten very good ideas that will help you to stop the bullying from bullying and help them to get help too.

Tips About BULLIES:

1. There are bullies in every nationality and religion, from the young to the old. They are everywhere.

2. Bullying tactics include but are not limited to intimidations and harassments. They will use words or physical force, sometimes both.

3. Bullies are people who use threats or aggression to get what they want, they build themselves up when they tear others down.

4. The Bully female will use words more, while the bully male will use physical aggression more. For this reason the bullying that is done by gals is more often ignored than the male bullying is. Both bullying is serious and can hurt just as bad.

5. The old saying 'sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you." isn't always true. There can be lasting mental damage done by any type of bullying.

6. It is not advisable to try to handle a really aggressive bully alone. Help from someone you trust, or who is in authority is the best technique in handling this type of bully.

7,Even if the bully is popular you should tell someone who is in authority, a teacher, a parent, someone you trust who is in a position to take care of the situation, or advise you. This is not a time to clam up and be afraid. There are studies that have shown that telling someone in authority and having them help stops bullying. It can't hurt to tell, and more often than not will make the situation better not worse.

8. Remember that 'hurt people hurt people', The bully may have been bullied in their home. The bully is a actually just as in need of help as the victim. They are using bullying tactics to be in control of situations. Getting a adult to help, will not only help you, but could end up helping the bully as well.

9. More often than not, trying to ignore a bully will not make the bullying stop. Sometimes trying to ignore the bully will actually make them try to bully you more to get the reaction they desire. The harassment will end only with some adult or authoritative person stepping in. After you tell a adult, then you can try to ignore the bully who more than likely will stop their bullying. Make sure that a adult is aware of the problem before you try to ignore the bullying behavior.

10. Bullying children will grow to be adult bullies and their behaviors will often get more aggressive using death threats, or urging the victim to commit suicide. Group attacks and using weapons to commit violent acts can happen. These are criminal acts and will need to be reported to the police and school officials as well as parents.

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