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School counselor made my child confront Bully
My instincts tell me that this wasn't the best handling of the situation. My 10 year old child is mercilessly teased, made fun of and tripped at school. We met with teachers at the school and they referred this matter to the school counselor. Counselor insisted that our child complete an "incident report". A few hours later, one of the children named in the "report" was asked to join my child in the counselors office, where that child was told to "apologize" to my child for teasing behavior. Now there are repercussions on the playground for this. How do I approach the school counselor to effectively question his motives without appearing overly critical of his method? I do feel that he should have realized that this would happen?
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Working with school administrators, Bullying and teasing, Discipline and behavior challenges
> 60 days ago
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He should ave seen that this would happen. Any time a child is confronted by an adult about teasing another child..that other child gets teased or picked on even worse. He will be called a taddle tale and all sorts of mean things. You have every right to contact that counselor and tell him that what he did has only made matters worse and needs to come up with a different solution. You don't have to question his motives...just advise him that he needs to fix the situation. You as a parent have every right to make this demand for the safety of your child.
> 60 days ago
Peer mediation and conflict resolution techniques do not work with bullies.
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> 60 days ago
