It is designed for guided use with Parents and caregivers of children ages 5–12 by parents, teachers, counselors and therapists. Check the preview and adapt reading, writing and discussion demands when needed.
When Your Child Is Being Bullied
A safety-centered parent guide to documenting bullying, working with school, reducing retaliation risk and supporting recovery.
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About this resource
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When a child discloses bullying, parents need to act—but the most forceful response is not always the safest. Public confrontation, hit-back advice, forced mediation, or a social-media campaign can increase retaliation and make the child regret telling.
This 16-page guide defines bullying through unwanted aggression, repetition or likelihood of repetition, and a power imbalance. It separates bullying from mutual conflict and explains why being targeted is not evidence that the child lacks social skills. Parents learn how to ask what the child fears adults will do, document dates, locations, direct wording, screenshots, witnesses, impact, prior reports, and retaliation, then contact school with a focused request for a named adult, high-risk-location plan, private help route, and review date.
Two parent tools—the School Contact Planner and Safety & Support Plan—organise the information and proposed support.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
16 pages in US Letter and A4 PDF, plus editable US Letter and A4 DOCX files for personal family use.
IMPORTANT SCOPE
This educational parent guide is not a diagnosis, treatment plan or substitute for individualized medical, educational, mental-health, safeguarding or emergency support when needed.
LICENSE
Personal-use license for the purchasing household. Redistribution, resale and public posting are not permitted.
How to use it
Start small, then adapt from the response.
- Preview the pages and choose one manageable activity for the current need.
- Print or use the resource alongside calm, supportive adult guidance.
- Notice what helped and repeat or adapt the activity without forcing disclosure.
Before you use this resource.
Yes. The files and formats included in this product are listed above. Access is digital after confirmed payment.
No. It can support teaching, discussion and practice, but it does not replace assessment, safeguarding, crisis support or individualized professional care.
A bullying parent guide for school contact and documentation
The sixteen-page guide distinguishes bullying from mutual conflict and includes a School Contact Planner and Safety & Support Plan. It helps organise a focused account of what happened and questions for the school. It does not treat being targeted as evidence that the child needs to become more socially skilled.
A safety plan is different from a friendship repair activity
The guide discusses retaliation concerns and appropriate support rather than promising that an apology or mediation will solve bullying. It includes PDF and editable DOCX editions for personal family use. The friendship guide is a separate resource for other peer situations, not a substitute for safeguarding action.