1. Talk and listen to your children. Have a relationship with them and make sure they understand that bullying is NOT okay. Explain explicitly to them and also listen to their feedback.

2. Ask questions about their everyday school experience and what happened in all the activities. If need be, corroborate the story with their teacher.

3. Set good examples for your children. Children observe when you get angry in traffic like when you are kind. As the saying goes, ‘Anytime you speak to a person in a mean or abusive way, you are teaching your child that bullying is okay.’

4. Coach your children on what to do, like being kind and empathising with others as well as what not to do, such as being mean to others, teasing and pushing others. By doing this, you are creating anti-bullying habits.

5. Teach your child what to do if someone is mean to him or her, or to another person like getting an adult on the scene, walking away and ignoring the bully, and so on.

6. Nurture a positive home environment. Everyone in the home should be respected and feel respected. Parents should engage in affirming their love for their children always. A family life that is chaotic or unorganized can influence a child to become a bully.

7. Observing interactions of your child with his peers, younger and older age groups will help ascertain the level of your child’s interpersonal relationships and come up with a better solution.