Parents are responsible for creating positive environments that promote children’s ability to create and maintain healthy relationships. By helping children develop the essential social skills to navigate peer conflicts and by minimizing opportunities for negative peer interactions, parents can help adjust the imbalance of power inherent in a bullying relationship.
Listen to Part 2 of a two part series on Bullying. Joanna Conrad, Executive Director of Youth Diversion is joined once more with Steve Bellaire, Safe Schools Principal with the Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board. In this podcast, Steve and Joanna discuss bullying, including risks for children who bully, those who are bullied, the school’s role and finish up with our thoughts on some coping strategies.