I believe we all have met them. The bullies. Children may be extra sensitive, since they are building a basic self-esteem. Building self-esteem is a demanding process. Unfortunately, the hard work can easily be razed.
Protect your children from people who hurt them in different ways. It can be everything from diminishing, almost hidden comments to physical violence. It can be everything from a bullying classmate to an abusive parent.
Also explain to them why people sometimes behave badly, that the problem lies within the perpetrators. There is no reason to take on the blame for other’s bad behaviour.
Even if we sometimes can perceive explanations to someones bad behaviour, we should not make up excuses for the perpetrator, because that may end up in a very dangerous manipulative situation. Everyone should be responsible for their actions and our children should know that.
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