Weekly Prayer Suggestion for Grandchildren #59

Our grandchildren may be dealing with bullying, especially in their school setting. Below I am sharing a definition, a statistic some types of bullying I found on the Internet plus some suggestions for prayer.

The definition for bullying is to seek harm, intimidate, or coerce. It can be very harmful emotionally and physically. Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power of imbalance. There is no universal definition of bullying, however, it is widely agreed upon that bullying is a subcategory of aggressive behavior. It is an abuse and mistreatment of someone vulnerable by someone stronger, more powerful, etc.  (Wikepedia)

Facts About Bullying | StopBullying.gov

In one large study, about 49% of children in grades 4–12 reported being bullied by other students at school at least once during the past month, whereas 30.8% reported bullying others during that time. 

 Types Of Bullying | National Centre Against Bullying

• Physical bullying. Physical bullying includes hitting, kicking, tripping, pinching and pushing or damaging property. 
• Verbal bullying. Verbal bullying includes name-calling, insults, teasing, intimidation, homophobic or racist remarks, or verbal abuse. … 
• Social bullying.  
• Cyber bullying.

Suggestions for Prayer:

• Pray your grandchildren will be protected from bullying, physically, emotionally, and cyber bullying.
• Pray they will learn how to stand up for themselves when they are bullied. 
• Pray they will not bully others and reach out with kindness when others are bullied

By Lillian Penner, Co-prayer Director for Christian
Grandparenting Network, lpenner@christiangrandparenting.net