Kids are often troubled by bullies or elder people for their enjoyment, or just to make fun of them. But kids are very sensitive and often get disappointed and sometimes scared of the elders. So, it is the parents’ responsibility to educate and help their kids out with self-defense tips and suggestions to face the situations bravely. We also have some valuable suggestions and tips for your kids that are listed out below.
Tips or techniques for kids self-defense
Confident body language: Bullying can be prevented with confident body language. Confidence in the body language involves confident talking, walking, good posture, etc. So, kids should know how to behave or act in-front of the elders for not being a victim of bullies. Parents should also help the kids in building up their techniques.
Loud voice or shouting: Using loud voice near the bullies makes them scared or retreat and diffuse the situation. Though it doesn’t workout for them, ask them to shout so that they will run away from the situation and never troubles you. Shouting also attracts the attention of the near by people so that you can get help from them. Being quite always doesn’t workout.
Stay in group: Elders won’t target the kids who are staying in the group so, educate your kids about this point and ask them to stay in the group especially with the friends. Staying in the group prevents the situation before it really happens. If they don’t have the groups, ask them to make friendship with the good ones and form a group because friendship works out well.
Try to escape: If you see that elders are approaching you for teasing, try to escape from the situation and stay out of their vision. Otherwise, if you are in a situations where they surrounded you, try to find a chance and then escape. Let them know that it is not that you are weak and it is because of courage which makes you run.
Learn self-defense techniques: Kids can always take the help of their parents and elders to learn self-defense techniques. It is good to educate your kids with self-defense techniques in advance so that they can buildup their confidence and face the situation bravely. If you are not able to educate your kid regarding self-defense, then send them to self-defense classes.
Prevention: Prevention is one of the best self-defense techniques and you do it by walking away from the situation. Let the bullies do whatever they want, never mind, just walk away and this will help you out.