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Steps Parents should take

 * ====Parents should focus on the schools environment. Always get to know the social norms of the school in regards to bullying. Everyone should be involve, not just teachers but parents as well and non teaching staff also. ====


 * ====Assess bullying at your school. Adults are not always very good at estimating the nature and prevalence of bullying at their school. As a result, it can be quite useful to administer an anonymous questionnaire to students about bullying. A number of bullying prevention programs listed in the Catalog of Resources include these measures. ====


 * ====Form a group to coordinate the school's bullying prevention activities. Bullying prevention efforts seem to work best if they are coordinated by a representative group from the school. This coordinating team might include ====
 * ====an administrator ====
 * ====a teacher from each grade ====
 * ====a member of the non-teaching staff ====
 * ====a school counselor or other school-based mental health professional ====
 * ====a parent ====


 * ====The team should meet regularly to review findings from the school's survey; plan specific bullying prevention activities; motivate staff, students, and parents; and ensure that the efforts continue over time. ====


 * ====Increase adult supervision in "hot spots" for bullying. ====
 * ====Intervene consistently and appropriately when you see bullying. ====
 * ====Devote some class time to bullying prevention. ====