What would you do if your child was a bully?

Question

And you saw him/her attack another kid?

(I haven't got children but I would first stop it, make my child apologise to the other kid, then while the other kid is watching drag them home by their ear and make them kneel down and put their hands up for hours)!

Answer 1

1 - punish them (not physically - that just teaches them violence)

2 - explain why I'm mad

3 - have them do some chore to compensate the other kid, like mowing the lawn for them

Answer 2

I think I would wonder why they were a bully? What is happening that is making them so angry.

But an apology is a must, punishment, and I would go to school with them everyday just to embarrass the he-- out of them.

Answer 3

Lol exactly the same thing you did! I would really embarrass him or her in front of everyone.

Answer 4

my youngest son  was for a very long time a bully around our house. ANd my 2 older kids would take it because he was a "baby" he would hit them, yell andmake them do what he said. And finally I had had enough.  He sat in the corner almost all day every day until he finally out grew it. The funny thing is he was the sweetest boy ever to all other kids just his brother and sister he was a bully to. I guess he thought he could get away with it.

Answer 5

I would do things differently to how you say you would. Obviously bullying is not nice and not right, but there is often reasons why a child feels they need to bully someone else. I'd ask my son why he's doing it and explain to him that he's hurting someone else's feelings a lot and he wouldn't like it if someone did it to him. I'd talk to him about why it's wrong and how it will have made the other person feel, why he shouldn't do it again and what will happen if he does. Then I would make him properly apologise to the child he bullied and be civil with them afterwards.

If he did it again, I'd take appropriate action and punish him for it.