A child comes home from school crying. "What is wrong?" » asked his mother. “Everyone hates me.” His son responded with a sniffle. “No, they don’t, why would you say that?” she asked him. He lowered his head and said, “They said I was a baby because I wear diapers at night.” Billy told everyone! Mom hugs her son and tries to comfort him, wondering what she can do to help. This isn't the first time he's come home crying because of something Billy said. She fears that next time Billy will go further and hurt her son. She tells her son that she will talk to Billy's mother. His son cries harder and says with a scared look, “NO, Billy will beat me if you tell his mother!” » What should she do? Bullying can happen in different ways. According to Kids Health.Org. in their article “Helping Kids Deal With Bullies,” bullying is “intentional torment in a physical, verbal, or psychological way.” This can range from beatings, shoving, insults, threats and mockery to extortion of money and valuable goods. Some children bully by avoiding others and spreading rumors about themselves. Others use email, chat rooms, instant messages, social networking sites, and text messages. . . .” (1). With many threatening methods out there, it is easy to see the negative effect it has on our children. Common signs of bullying are declining grades in school or a child coming home with unexplained or unusual bruises. These helpless children are so afraid of being abused that they pretend to be sick or get sick to stay home. In a study by Kathryn Whitted and David Dupper titled “Best Practices for Preventing or Reducing Bullying in Schools,” it says: “The fear of being bullied is so great that an estimate... ... middle of paper... ...a peaceful future for our children. Imagine what a world without bullies would want. How sweet it would be if our children didn't come home in tears. Works Cited Carpenter, Deborah. “tiny little bullies. » Early Childhood Parenting 23.3 (2009): 78. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. Internet. March 27, 2011. Cawley, Janet. “School shootings: An expert explains how to stop them.” » Biography 5.10 (2001): 56. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. Internet. March 27, 2011. Goerdt, Janna and Jake Weyer. “Schools are taking the fight against bullies seriously. » Duluth News-Tribune (MN) (2006): TOPICsearch. EBSCO. Internet. March 27, 2011. “Helping Kids Cope with Bullies.” Children's Health.Org. September 2010. Web. March 27, 2011. Whitted, Kathryn S. and David R. Dupper. “Best practices for preventing or reducing bullying in schools. » Children and Schools 27.3 (2005): 167-175. Elite academic research. EBSCO. Internet. March 27. 2011.