For Parents If your child won’t discuss the problem, try this indirect approach. Sometimes parents and teachers hear about the bullying from another source. When they confront the child, they may encounter denial, negation or minimization of the bullying. It can sound like this: ‘I am used to being teased’ or ‘I just try and forget it is happening’ or ‘I don’t mind’ or ‘He started it’. Most children don’t like upsetting their parents or involving t......