Steps to Safety and Healthy Empowerment
By Amy Hartman, MA, LPC, NCC, RPT
A family comes into my office visibly upset; their six year old was threatened on the bus two mornings ago. A few days later I get called because a teenager was pulled into the principal’s office for hitting a classmate who, it turned out, had been sending him threatening texts. Bullying situations can be frightening and confusing as a parent. When do you step in? Should you call the school or the other child’s parents? What if your child says to do nothing; do you let her or him handle it? This is a delicate process between advocating for your child’s safety, teaching him or her to be strong and empowered, and living in a small community with the same families for years.
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