Stand Up for Yourself and Your Friends

The subtitle for this one is "Dealing with Bullies and Bossiness, and Finding a Better Way." We begin with a quiz about what is bullying and what is not bullying. Great way to define when someone is being a bully. Gossiping, teasing, embarrassing someone, telling secrets are all symptoms of bullying. So, how do you handle a bully. Turns out there isn't just one way that works for everyone but there are some ideas here for what to try. Maybe surprise or humor or saying the person's name or asking a question would make the bully stop and think for a minute. Maybe you aren't the target of the bullying but you are witnessing the bullying. What can you do to make a difference but not become the target of the bully yourself? Good, realistic suggestions and tools are here making this a great conversation starter and a real toolkit for dealing with this difficult social problem. 64 pages Ages 8-13