A Happy Kid Is Not a Bully: A Guilt-Free Parenting Plan for Your Great Legacy

By Jacquie Scott Wall

A Happy Kid Is Not a Bully is a guilt-free plan for your great legacy! Our kids are our greatest legacy! This invigorating self-help book reveals tips, steps, and suggestions to raise a happy kid, not a bully. Even if you have an adult kid, this book will give you joy and satisfaction, and bring peace to your family.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jul 19, 2022
• ISBN: 9781662483783

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A Happy Kid Is Not a Bully

A Guilt-Free Parenting Plan for Your Great Legacy

Jacquie Scott Wall

Copyright © 2022 Jacqueline Wall

All rights reserved

First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING

Conneaut Lake, PA

First originally published by Page Publishing 2022

ISBN 978-1-6624-8377-6 (pbk)

ISBN 978-1-6624-8378-3 (digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

My Story

About Bullying

Bullying—Learned Behavior?

What Happened to the Village?

From Conception to Maturation

Parenting—No Manual

Parental Protection

What Do Bullies and Victims Have in Common?

Happy Kid vs. Bully

Bullying—Negative Effects/Characteristics

The School Experience

Social Media—Really?

Raising Kids with/without Boundaries

Lead by Example

Love, Respect, and Discipline

Guilt-Free Parenting Tips

A Roadmap for Better Parenting

Transformation

The Healing Process

Your Great Legacy

My Thoughts

To my children, Kim, Nina, and Janiene; my stepdaughter, Tomorrow; my grandchildren, Rod, Kalia, Myron Jr., Delilah, Alisse, Janelle, Felecia, Alexus, and Tave; my great-grandchildren, Amir, Myron III, Mason, Honestii, Armani, and Avery; my sisters; my cousins; my nieces; and my nephews

Foreword

In my previous book, I’m Prettier Than That, I discussed that domestic violence abusers are also bullies. In this book, I contemplate how bullying is learned behavior and that it can be unlearned or subdued in young children.

I wrote this book because I believe that all children deserve a joy-filled life. The main objective of this book is to inspire parents to train their children to seek a happier state of mind. This book is based on my childhood, adulthood, and experience from raising my children, nieces, nephews, and grandchildren. This book provides helpful tips about not raising a bully. There are numerous questions you might want to think about as you read this book; i.e., is my precious kid a bully?

I am an avid reader. My Bachelor of Arts degree emphasized psychology, sociology, criminology, and child development. I don’t beat around the bush. I’m not a professional clinician or mental health expert. I have fifty-three years of parenting experience. My observations and experiences qualify me to give you food for thought. I have also learned that experience is the best teacher.

Bullying is a subject having no accurate statistics. Bullying is being done privately, publicly, and secretly. However, we know that it is an unwanted element in our lives. We also know that the goal of bullying is destruction. I was driven to write this self-help book to provide a tool to aid parents as they raise their children.

It seems like today is a more frightening place for our children than ever before. Years ago, the media was restricted from broadcasting any distressing story. One of the reasons was the concern for negative reporting affecting youth. Today our youth are bombarded with all types of unsettling information. Are our youth being inundated with troubling data?

We may have had some traumatic childhood experiences which may have contributed to who we are today, i.e., family struggles or misfortunes. Our norms and thoughts are first formed by our parental influence or lack of parental influence. In this book, my reference to parents means biological and nonbiological.

This book addresses child bullying. As an adult, we know that bullying can be over the top in all aspects of life. There have always been bullies. They are young, old, and of any race or ethnicity. However, we can change this madness! As parents, we are our kids’ first teachers. Let us teach them love, peace, joy, goodness, and gentleness. We will ultimately change the world. Give our kids hope for a brighter future and make it a better place. Do you feel like I do?

I promise if you follow any of the guidelines in this book, your family life will improve. As you peruse the suggestions/considerations in this book, you will know you can minimize your frustrations with a bullying child by confronting some family issues desperately needing attention. You will be inspired to act after being able to recognize bullying traits,