The research, led by the University of Warwick and published in the journal Child Abuse & Neglect<\/i>, found the effects of poor parenting were stronger for children who are both a victim and perpetrator of bulling (bully-victims) than children who were solely victims.<\/p>\n It found that negative or harsh parenting was linked to a moderate increase in the risk of being a ‘bully-victim’ and a small increase in the risk of being a victim of bullying<\/strong>. In contrast, warm but firm parenting reduced the risk of being bullied by peers.<\/p>\n The study authors, Professor Dieter Wolke, Dr Suzet Lereya and Dr Muthanna Samara, called for anti-bullying intervention programmes to extend their focus beyond schools to focus on positive parenting within families and to start before children enter school.<\/p>\n Professor Wolke said: “The long shadow of bullying falls well beyond the school playground \u2013 it has lasting and profound effects into adulthood.<\/p>\n “We know that victims and bully-victims are more likely to develop physical health problems, suffer from anxiety and depression and are also at increased risk of self-harm and suicide.<\/p>\n “It is vital we understand more about the factors linked to bullying in order to reduce the burden it places on the affected children and society.<\/p>\n “People often assume bullying is a problem for schools alone but it’s clear from this study that parents also have a very important role to play.<\/p>\n “We should therefore target intervention programmes not just in schools but also in families to encourage positive parenting practices such as warmth, affection, communication and support<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n The study categorised behaviours such as abuse\/neglect, maladaptive parenting and overprotection as negative parenting behaviour.<\/p>\n It categorised authoritative parenting, parent-child communication, parental involvement and support, supervision and warmth and affection as positive parenting behaviours.<\/p>\n Professor Wolke highlighted the finding that overprotection was linked to an increased risk of bullying.<\/p>\n “Although parental involvement, support and high supervision decrease the chances of children being involved in bullying, for victims overprotection increased this risk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n “Children need support but some parents try to buffer their children from all negative experiences.<\/p>\n “In the process, they prevent their children from learning ways of dealing with bullies and make them more vulnerable.<\/p>\n “It could be that children with overprotective parents may not develop qualities such as autonomy and assertion and therefore may be easy targets for bullies.<\/p>\n “But it could also be that parents of victims become overprotective of their children.<\/strong><\/p>\n “In either case, parents cannot sit on the school bench with their children.<\/p>\n “Parenting that includes clear rules about behaviour while being supportive and emotionally warm is most likely to prevent victimisation.<\/p>\n “These parents allow children to have some conflicts with peers to learn how to solve them rather than intervene at the smallest argument<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the University of Warwick press release via\u00a0EurekAlert!: Children who are exposed to negative parenting \u2013 including abuse, neglect but also overprotection \u2013 are more likely to experience childhood bullying… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[282,45,73,12],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12663"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12663"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12751,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12663\/revisions\/12751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"girls_bullies\"](\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/girls_bullies.jpg\")
<\/a>Children who are exposed to negative parenting \u2013 including abuse, neglect but also overprotection \u2013 are more likely to experience childhood bullying by their peers<\/strong>, according to a meta-analysis of 70 studies of more than 200,000 children.<\/p>\n