J is 7 and he started a new school back in September 2016
(he was 6 then). He was really enjoying it until the last few months when I
discovered that some older boys - I'm not sure exactly what age but they are
either in year 4 or 5 so at least 8 years old, have been picking on him at
lunch time. He also goes to after school club and one of the boys is apparently
someone he knows from there.
What he has told me these boys were pushing him over,
grabbing his face and hitting him on the head - generally being really rough
with him and as they are so much older this is completely not appropriate and
obviously goes beyond just messing about. He came home a few times with a big
bruises which I can only imagine came from him falling after he had been pushed
over.
As well as physically abusing him, J said that the boys had
been saying horrible things to him - calling him a "F….. girl" and
saying that he is "well s…." -
J doesn't speak like this so he is hearing it from somewhere.
I found it very hard to talk to him about this without
putting words in his mouth as he was only 6, but this is what he had told me
and I was absolutely heart broken for him.
I spoke to his teacher and told her all of the above and she
said that she would investigate to try and find out what had been going on and
also would make sure the dinner ladies are watching out for J. I also spoke to
the after school club to try and find out if anything had been happening there
and finding out what they would do, but J said that it was at school rather
than there that he had the trouble. But nothing changed.
I booked him into start Jiu Jitsu, in the hope that it would
give him the confidence. But nothing helped. I tried everything but it just
seemed to get worse and the school was not doing enough, and these kids are too
young to file a police report against. I really didn’t want to ruin their lives
although they were ruining my lad’s own.
But then I found this while searching online for ways I
could help my lad. It was something about a juicer and happy thoughts result is
happy actions. Lol…I felt desperate and
was grabbing at anything that could give some relief and found this amazing
thing. I was able to reduce the bullying by following the structure of the
letters and guidelines and my lad loves the comic and inspirations that comes
from them.
I just had to share! So if your child is being bullied and
the school will do nothing, do what I did follow these links. And there is something
for you too mum/dad/granny/grandpop. Look!
http://www.simonbenn.co.uk/stop-bullying
http://www.simonbenn.co.uk/resource-for-parents
