6th grade bullying
Hey Parents,
I have a child in 6th grade who is being bullied by some of the boys in his very small class. My child is a sweet kid who honestly just wants to be liked. However, he is passive and not good at standing up for himself.
There is no physical bullying but the boys are excluding him from games at recess….kickball, football, whatever. A few are also very rude to him and honestly just very mean.
My kid isn’t coping well with this. It feels very heavy for him and he actually couldn’t sleep tonight because of it. We talked about things he could say to stand up for himself. But, I don’t know if that will make it worse, you know? We talked about self respect and when to walk away so as to not let others walk all over him.
I plan on talking to the principal tomorrow but I’m not convinced that will help. Just 3 more weeks of school.
Am I approaching this right? My other kids never had to deal with bullying so far. I guess another thing I’m worried about is that my kid is passive and an easy target for bullies regardless. I’m just not sure how to concretely address this part going forward so he does not have to deal with this next year. I’m just worried about how this will affect his mental health in the long run and am worried about this becoming a consistent issue he has to deal with.
Just feeling sad for my child and now I can’t sleep😑