In this video we’re going to talk about how parents can contribute to a child being bullied, but before I do, for more tools and help on how to raise your child’s self-esteem, click on the link on this video, or visit http://ToddGaster.com.

So how parents contribute to their child being bullied, well, we’ve all heard or seen in a domestic violence case where, a lot of times, when a woman is abused, her parents had the same type of relationship. We accept that as fact. What about in other relationships? What about in bullying?

A lot of times, parents will actually come home from work and complain about how their boss just rides them all the time, or teases them, or a co-worker who continues to--yeah, bully them. Their kids see this. They learn to then model that.

It’s accepted behavior. Well, if this happens to mom, if this happens to dad, this must be how life is supposed to be. And so they learn that that’s accepted, and so when it happens to them at school, or online, or at the park, it’s accepted behavior.

The other thing is a child’s esteem. How do they choose to view or value themselves? What is their worth? Again, this is something that is modeled from the parents.

I was working with a child recently, and the parent said to me, “I don’t want to learn how to esteem myself. I want to learn how to esteem my child.” I simply asked, how can you esteem your child if you don’t esteem yourself?

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