Fight
Arguing, yelling, pushing.
0October is Bullying Prevention Month
OneSchoolDay
Six places between the bus stop and bedtime, and something to do in each one. Built from the Bully Proof Inc resource library. About eight minutes, on a phone or a laptop, no account.
- AMThe bus stopSwipe
- AMThe hallwayReact
- PMThe cafeteriaLook
- PMYour phoneDecide
- PMYour roomWrite
- PMThe kitchenParents
Start at 7:40
Nothing here is saved or sent, apart from the confidence jar at 9:30, which stays on this device.
The bus stop
Words are coming at you.
Swipe them out of the air before they land. Anything that lands sticks, and it drags you down. Say one of the lines underneath to stand back up.
Posture
Bus in0:30
Knocked off0
Say it out loud as well. The resource recommends practicing these every week, starting with light, silly scenarios, so the words are there without having to think.
The posture meter is the five Power Posture steps: stand tall with your head level, shoulders back, hands relaxed, eye contact, calm breathing. Each word that sticks takes one away.
The hallway
Someone shoves you.
Don’t think about it. When time slows down, go where your body wants to go: get away, hold still or push back. None of them is the wrong answer.
The 3 F’s
Flight
Running away, avoiding.
0Freeze
Silence, shutting down, going blank.
0Every kid has a natural reaction to stress. It is wired into the survival system, and none of the three is a character flaw. The resource suggests asking a child which one they relate to most.
Calming tools. Try one now
Ready
Sessions like this run in schools at no cost to the school or to families. Name a school and Bully Proof Inc makes the approach.
The cafeteria
Seven tables. Five have bullying.
Watch for a few seconds. Then tap a table to look closer, and say what you think is going on there.
School’s out. The next three scenes happen at home.
Your phone
It followed you home.
The group chat keeps going whether you touch it or not. Three steps help, in order. One button makes it worse.
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The 3-Step Digital Defense Plan. Pause and screenshot anything hurtful, without replying. Save it and share it with a parent, teacher or another trusted adult. Then block the sender and report it on the platform. For kids 10 and under, the resource adds one more: come to a parent before deleting anything.
You don’t have to make the ask yourself. Tell Bully Proof Inc the school, and the organization goes to them directly.
Your room
The part that stays.
As the resource puts it, sometimes bullying doesn’t leave bruises. It leaves beliefs. There are three steps for that, and they take about a minute.
- 1Name the lie
- 2Cross it out
- 3Put a truth in
What are you starting to believe about yourself because of this?
The confidence jar is empty.
The three steps in the resource: name the lie, challenge it with truth, then build new evidence through small wins, like a hobby, a new friend or a goal reached. For kids 10 and under it suggests drawing the lie and crossing it out, and keeping a confidence jar. What goes in this jar stays in this browser.
If the spiral doesn’t break with time and support, the resource says to get professional help. If someone is in danger right now, the Need help button has crisis lines.
The kitchen, after bedtime
What a parent might have noticed.
Most kids won’t come out and say it. Their behavior will. Go through the five signs for your child’s age. A pattern matters more than one bad day.
Every night
The High/Low talk
Two questions at the end of each day. What was the best part of your day? What was the toughest? It opens the door without asking the direct question.
The part that changes it
One school at a time.
Nothing on this page changes a school by itself. These three things can, and none of them costs anything.
Your day
01
Name a school
Tell Bully Proof Inc where it is. The organization approaches the school, finds a trainer nearby, and the session is free to the school and to families.
02
Take the library
More than 100 guides, scripts and printables for parents, teachers and administrators, including every one this page was built from. Open any of them. No account, no email.
Open the library03
Send this to someone
You probably thought of a person while you were scrolling. Send it now rather than meaning to later.
If you’re a kid reading this
None of the above is your job. Tell one adult you trust, out loud, today. That is the whole ask.