Don't Pick On Me

Jane’s classmates think that wearing the ‘right’ label clothing is very important, and her classmates start to make fun of her: “What a fleabag!”, “Where did you get that coat – the Oxfam shop?” Jane wishes she didn’t have to go to school; she is beginning to dread each new day.

Michael isn’t good at football. The other boys make fun of him, banging into him ‘accidentally’ and tripping him up when the games teacher isn’t looking. Michael’s mum wonders why he’s always covered in bruises, but Michael won’t say.

Bullying encompasses many things: being called names, being beaten up, having your bus fare stolen, being made to feel stupid…It’s always horrible.

Almost everyone gets bullied at some point in their life; often it happens at school. But you don’t have to accept being bullied, and if you’re a bully, you can learn to stop.

This book explores why some people bully, why others are bullied and what you can do to change things.

‘At last someone has written clear and welcome advice for children on how to handle the widespread problem of bullying.’
The Daily Mail

 

Rosemary Stones is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice in Covent Garden, London.

She is also the editor of Books for Keeps, a children’s literature review journal. She wrote the book on bullying because her daughter had been bullied at school and she wished she’d been able to help her more at that time. In her therapy practice now she comes across patients who have experienced bullying so the impact of this behaviour is something that continues to interest her.