Mummy I Hate My Friends..........

" Mummy I hate my friends and teachers and my school " Sounds familiar?

Most of the parents must have gone through this phase. Important here is how many of us have tried to find answers to this.The answer to this is possibly your child is being bullied 

Children who face bullying may refuse to go to school,may score lower in academic assessment,developed social anxiety and depression and in extreme cases may withdraw from the world and may try ending their lives.Many parents believe it is normal and children would sort it out themselves but this is not the case

Bullying can be verbal(name calling),physical(hitting,punching),social(passing negative comments) and cyber bullying.In todays world cyber bullying is more prevalent.

Cyber bullying extents beyond the school and haunts the victim everywhere.Hate messages and negative post on social media about a person are also seen as cyber bullying.

Who are the victims -

1.It includes girls and boys of all ages and background. 

2.Children who appear small,weak,insecure and sensitive.             

3.Children who are passive. They reward  the bullying by crying,  giving over possession or running away in fear             

4.Children who don't mix socially and 

CASE-Recently a 14 yrs old boy coming in my clinic for clinical depression where in the underlined cause of depression is bullying 

TIPS FOR PARENTS- 

1.Create an environment that encourages parents to have an open and accepting dialogue with children as well as teenagers   

2.Spend some quality time with your children so that they can vent out their emotion in a safe environment                     

3.It is very important for parents to seek counselling from a professional psychologist if their children are being victims of bullying 

Posted By : Hiral Khimani (RCI Registered Psychologist) Khimani