{"id":232,"date":"2022-10-11T20:30:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T01:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/?p=232"},"modified":"2023-01-03T20:30:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T01:30:38","slug":"bullying-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/2022\/10\/11\/bullying-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Bullying Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-232\" data-postid=\"232\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-232 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_ta23742 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_qq2s743 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_pb43936   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><em><strong>She focuses harder on the video playing in the classroom when her chair is kicked from behind. <\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>She hears the muffled laughter. Tears sting, face is getting hotter. <\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>Her chair is jerked back then slid side to side, the legs scrapping across the floor.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>Why doesn\u2019t the teacher do something?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>She turns around and begins hitting the boy\u2019s legs. The laughter continues but he releases her chair. <\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>She can see her teacher standing in the back corner, eyes focused on the TV at the front of the room.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>With Bullying Awareness Day approaching (October 11, 2022), we are reminded of how work is needed to stop the idea of bullying being a normal part of growing up. In the last post, we learned about the prevalence of bullying as well as how to be an upstander, instead of a bystander. Despite this, I can\u2019t stop thinking if there is anything else that can be done? After all, bullying does not stop once high school ends; bullies grow up to become that jerk you can\u2019t stand at work.<\/p><p>Thankfully, there are ways to help our kids deal with bullies, whether the bully is jerk-face co-worker or the girl spreading rumors about them at school. According to Stopbullying.gov, developing resilience helps children develop the emotional skills which deflect the effects of bullying. \u00a0Share your experience with bullies, how it made you feel and what you wished you could have said or done. Practice responding to bullying by role playing scenarios; we always think of the best thing to say to a bully after it\u2019s too late, role playing gives kids some practiced responses to use on the spot. Role playing also teaches kids to stand up for themselves; ignoring bullies will not make them stop, standing up for oneself discourages bullies who will move on to an \u201ceasier\u201d target. Most importantly, whether you are a parent or another trusted adult, be open, supportive, and non-judgmental; bullying creates feelings of isolation in its victims, therefore knowing someone who accepts them and they can talk to will minimize the negative emotional impact bullying has on a child.<\/p><p>The story at the beginning is my memory. Despite twenty-eight years passing, feelings of anger, embarrassment and helplessness crash over me and I am fourteen years old again. I wish someone in my life taught me to be resilient instead of passive. Bullying is something we deal with throughout our entire lives, but we do not have to be victims; teaching resilience creates emotionally healthy kids.<\/p><p><em>-Becky<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She focuses harder on the video playing in the classroom when her chair is kicked from behind. She hears the muffled laughter. Tears sting, face is getting hotter. Her chair is jerked back then slid side to side, the legs scrapping across the floor.Why doesn\u2019t the teacher do something?\u00a0 She turns around and begins hitting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9],"class_list":["post-232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bullying","tag-bullying","tag-sel","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bullying Awareness - Alliance for Education in Waukesha<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/2022\/10\/11\/bullying-awareness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bullying Awareness - Alliance for Education in Waukesha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"She focuses harder on the video playing in the classroom when her chair is kicked from behind. She hears the muffled laughter. Tears sting, face is getting hotter. Her chair is jerked back then slid side to side, the legs scrapping across the floor.Why doesn\u2019t the teacher do something?\u00a0 She turns around and begins hitting [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/2022\/10\/11\/bullying-awareness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Alliance for Education in Waukesha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/allianceforeducationinwaukesha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-12T01:30:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-04T01:30:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alliancewaukesha_hcg3ek\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alliancewaukesha_hcg3ek\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/index.php\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/11\\\/bullying-awareness\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/index.php\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/11\\\/bullying-awareness\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alliancewaukesha_hcg3ek\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b561c02cf2603b5b2311e4f110386e4b\"},\"headline\":\"Bullying Awareness\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-12T01:30:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-04T01:30:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/index.php\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/11\\\/bullying-awareness\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":2,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"bullying\",\"sel\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Bullying\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/index.php\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/11\\\/bullying-awareness\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/index.php\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/11\\\/bullying-awareness\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/index.php\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/11\\\/bullying-awareness\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bullying Awareness - Alliance for Education in Waukesha\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-12T01:30:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-04T01:30:38+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/index.php\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/11\\\/bullying-awareness\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/index.php\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/11\\\/bullying-awareness\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/index.php\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/11\\\/bullying-awareness\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bullying Awareness\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Alliance for Education in Waukesha\",\"description\":\"Advocating for students and teachers in Waukesha\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Alliance for Education in Waukesha\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/alliance-logo-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/alliance-logo-1.png\",\"width\":340,\"height\":340,\"caption\":\"Alliance for Education in Waukesha\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/allianceforeducationinwaukesha\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b561c02cf2603b5b2311e4f110386e4b\",\"name\":\"alliancewaukesha_hcg3ek\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e742c7ea4556580bff01b99e931143a99efc140faa8a1862a2194f33672214b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e742c7ea4556580bff01b99e931143a99efc140faa8a1862a2194f33672214b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e742c7ea4556580bff01b99e931143a99efc140faa8a1862a2194f33672214b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"alliancewaukesha_hcg3ek\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/alliancewaukesha_hcg3ek\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bullying Awareness - Alliance for Education in Waukesha","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/2022\/10\/11\/bullying-awareness\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bullying Awareness - Alliance for Education in Waukesha","og_description":"She focuses harder on the video playing in the classroom when her chair is kicked from behind. She hears the muffled laughter. Tears sting, face is getting hotter. Her chair is jerked back then slid side to side, the legs scrapping across the floor.Why doesn\u2019t the teacher do something?\u00a0 She turns around and begins hitting [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/2022\/10\/11\/bullying-awareness\/","og_site_name":"Alliance for Education in Waukesha","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/allianceforeducationinwaukesha","article_published_time":"2022-10-12T01:30:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-01-04T01:30:38+00:00","author":"alliancewaukesha_hcg3ek","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"alliancewaukesha_hcg3ek"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/2022\/10\/11\/bullying-awareness\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/2022\/10\/11\/bullying-awareness\/"},"author":{"name":"alliancewaukesha_hcg3ek","@id":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b561c02cf2603b5b2311e4f110386e4b"},"headline":"Bullying Awareness","datePublished":"2022-10-12T01:30:19+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-04T01:30:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/2022\/10\/11\/bullying-awareness\/"},"wordCount":2,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/#organization"},"keywords":["bullying","sel"],"articleSection":["Bullying"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/2022\/10\/11\/bullying-awareness\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/2022\/10\/11\/bullying-awareness\/","url":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/2022\/10\/11\/bullying-awareness\/","name":"Bullying Awareness - Alliance for Education in Waukesha","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-10-12T01:30:19+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-04T01:30:38+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/2022\/10\/11\/bullying-awareness\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/2022\/10\/11\/bullying-awareness\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/2022\/10\/11\/bullying-awareness\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bullying Awareness"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/","name":"Alliance for Education in Waukesha","description":"Advocating for students and teachers in Waukesha","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/#organization","name":"Alliance for Education in Waukesha","url":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/alliance-logo-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/alliance-logo-1.png","width":340,"height":340,"caption":"Alliance for Education in Waukesha"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/allianceforeducationinwaukesha"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b561c02cf2603b5b2311e4f110386e4b","name":"alliancewaukesha_hcg3ek","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e742c7ea4556580bff01b99e931143a99efc140faa8a1862a2194f33672214b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e742c7ea4556580bff01b99e931143a99efc140faa8a1862a2194f33672214b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e742c7ea4556580bff01b99e931143a99efc140faa8a1862a2194f33672214b0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"alliancewaukesha_hcg3ek"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org"],"url":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/author\/alliancewaukesha_hcg3ek\/"}]}},"builder_content":"<p><em><strong>She focuses harder on the video playing in the classroom when her chair is kicked from behind. <\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>She hears the muffled laughter. Tears sting, face is getting hotter. <\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>Her chair is jerked back then slid side to side, the legs scrapping across the floor.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>Why doesn\u2019t the teacher do something?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>She turns around and begins hitting the boy\u2019s legs. The laughter continues but he releases her chair. <\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>She can see her teacher standing in the back corner, eyes focused on the TV at the front of the room.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>With Bullying Awareness Day approaching (October 11, 2022), we are reminded of how work is needed to stop the idea of bullying being a normal part of growing up. In the last post, we learned about the prevalence of bullying as well as how to be an upstander, instead of a bystander. Despite this, I can\u2019t stop thinking if there is anything else that can be done? After all, bullying does not stop once high school ends; bullies grow up to become that jerk you can\u2019t stand at work.<\/p><p>Thankfully, there are ways to help our kids deal with bullies, whether the bully is jerk-face co-worker or the girl spreading rumors about them at school. According to Stopbullying.gov, developing resilience helps children develop the emotional skills which deflect the effects of bullying. \u00a0Share your experience with bullies, how it made you feel and what you wished you could have said or done. Practice responding to bullying by role playing scenarios; we always think of the best thing to say to a bully after it\u2019s too late, role playing gives kids some practiced responses to use on the spot. Role playing also teaches kids to stand up for themselves; ignoring bullies will not make them stop, standing up for oneself discourages bullies who will move on to an \u201ceasier\u201d target. Most importantly, whether you are a parent or another trusted adult, be open, supportive, and non-judgmental; bullying creates feelings of isolation in its victims, therefore knowing someone who accepts them and they can talk to will minimize the negative emotional impact bullying has on a child.<\/p><p>The story at the beginning is my memory. Despite twenty-eight years passing, feelings of anger, embarrassment and helplessness crash over me and I am fourteen years old again. I wish someone in my life taught me to be resilient instead of passive. Bullying is something we deal with throughout our entire lives, but we do not have to be victims; teaching resilience creates emotionally healthy kids.<\/p><p><em>-Becky<\/em><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244,"href":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions\/244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alliancewaukesha.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}