Comments on: Bullying – A Pervasive Problem http://www.autismathomeseries.com/library/2009/08/bullying-a-pervasive-problem/ Tips, tricks and strategies for parents of children on the autism spectrum. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Debbie Dunehew Krencicki http://www.autismathomeseries.com/library/2009/08/bullying-a-pervasive-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Debbie Dunehew Krencicki Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:34:00 +0000 http://www.autismathomeseries.com/?p=705#comment-127 I shared this (and others) on my FB page, too. Great insites! Jackpatzmom I shared this (and others) on my FB page, too. Great insites!

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]]> By: JackPatzMom http://www.autismathomeseries.com/library/2009/08/bullying-a-pervasive-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-126 JackPatzMom Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:27:00 +0000 http://www.autismathomeseries.com/?p=705#comment-126 Unfortunately, we have the opposite problem at home. My son's school has a very active and well publicized anti-bullying program and he has good friends there, but he gets bullied in our neighborhood at home (he doesn't go to the neighborhood school, so these are not the kids he goes to school with). He's very highly-functioning, but lacking in social skills, so the kids in the neighborhood picked up on that soon after we moved in. We have a family of Christian homeschoolers across the street of seven children. The mom is a well-known mommy blogger and has written in her blog about my son "the neighborhood bully." Problem is he has low frustration tolerance, so when they tease him, he lashes out. You play with fire, you get burned. A couple of years ago they had a club where all the kids in the neighborhood could belong except Jack. The main rule of the club was that you couldn't play with Jack if you were in the club. Ouch. After our last incident a year ago when I confronted the mom and she chose to believe another child (whose sibling even told me she made the whole story up), my son no longer plays outside with the kids. He has good friends at school and in his Sunday school class. We invite friends to our house or visit their home. I'm thankful for the friends we have and try to pretend the neighbor kids don't exist. Unfortunately, we have the opposite problem at home. My son’s school has a very active and well publicized anti-bullying program and he has good friends there, but he gets bullied in our neighborhood at home (he doesn’t go to the neighborhood school, so these are not the kids he goes to school with). He’s very highly-functioning, but lacking in social skills, so the kids in the neighborhood picked up on that soon after we moved in. We have a family of Christian homeschoolers across the street of seven children. The mom is a well-known mommy blogger and has written in her blog about my son “the neighborhood bully.” Problem is he has low frustration tolerance, so when they tease him, he lashes out. You play with fire, you get burned. A couple of years ago they had a club where all the kids in the neighborhood could belong except Jack. The main rule of the club was that you couldn’t play with Jack if you were in the club. Ouch.

After our last incident a year ago when I confronted the mom and she chose to believe another child (whose sibling even told me she made the whole story up), my son no longer plays outside with the kids. He has good friends at school and in his Sunday school class. We invite friends to our house or visit their home. I’m thankful for the friends we have and try to pretend the neighbor kids don’t exist.

]]> By: Chi yon Barbosa http://www.autismathomeseries.com/library/2009/08/bullying-a-pervasive-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Chi yon Barbosa Sat, 16 Apr 2011 05:25:00 +0000 http://www.autismathomeseries.com/?p=705#comment-105 I completely agree. I had to go to school and contacted the superintendent to get the school to take me seriously. Parents must insist on the school take every incident seriously and make sure the kids know that it won't be tolerated. I completely agree. I had to go to school and contacted the superintendent to get the school to take me seriously. Parents must insist on the school take every incident seriously and make sure the kids know that it won’t be tolerated.

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