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Guideline for Parents

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1. Understanding the Complexity of the Phenomenon of Bullying

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Drop out can be caused by bullying experiences both in the role of aggressors and victims. It is important for parents to know this phenomenon well, in order to make the right choices. Thus, although it is clear that parents should act with any bullying event, they also have to prevent it. To do this, the first step is understanding the complexity of bullying. It’s essential to know how it affects all of us, and recognize it as a form of aggression: this is the cornerstone of any effort to prevent it. Parents should understand the key concepts of bullying, so that they can discriminate it from other behavioral problems. To let parents reach the aim we can suggest three steps:

  • Training activities, in connection with all educational actors and students themselves, who could play the role of tutors, peers and similar
  • Building a leaflet, or a book, with a collection of testimonials, case studies but also with a short illustration of the laws concerning bullying – especially the regulations concerning personal responsibility
  • Dissemination of the products in periodical events inside and outside schools.

Resources from the I Am Not Scared Portal

  • Case Studies
    A collection of testimonials and case studies in different countries is available on the I Am Not Scared Portal
  • Publications
    In order to support parents to understand the complexity of the phenomenon of bullying, several publications are available on the I Am Not Scared Portal


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20 December 2014

Final Partners’ meeting

The fourth partners’ meeting took place in Florence (IT) on 15 December 2014. The meeting had the objective to check the activities carried out since the third meeting of the project and share and assess the in progress results. A special focus has been dedicated to the presentation of the strategies to solve the case scenarios.