Parent & Caregiver

When Your Child Is Being Bullied

Parents and caregivers of children ages 5–12Instant downloadPrintable PDF

A safety-centered parent guide to documenting bullying, working with school, reducing retaliation risk and supporting recovery.

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What this helps with

Focused support for the current need.

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What’s included

Know what you receive.

A ready-to-download printable PDF resource with the pages shown in the product preview.

Who it’s for

Choose the right setting.

Parents, Teachers, School counselors, Therapists · Parents and caregivers of children ages 5–12

Adult guidance and adaptation may be needed for age, language and accessibility.
About this resource

Ready to print and use.

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.

  1. Preview the pages and choose one manageable activity for the current need.
  2. Print or use the resource alongside calm, supportive adult guidance.
  3. Notice what helped and repeat or adapt the activity without forcing disclosure.

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.

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