Sometimes children who are being bullied are too frightened to talk to their teachers or even to their parents. It is perhaps worth mentioning some of the signs that may indicate that a child is being bullied.

Children who are being bullied may:

be reluctant to go to school. start performing badly at school. lose their appetites. cry in their sleep. have nightmares. come home with torn clothing or missing possessions but be unable to give plausible accounts of what has happened.

If a child does talk to you about being bullied, do take him or her seriously. Children who are being bullied are likely to feel lonely, vulnerable and powerless. They need your support.

(Taken from "Bullying" by Karen Bryant-Mole)