Kids are also afraid to report it. Once that happens, they have an even better reason to go after you, so you have to deal with this one on one. Greaves says students survey in a Massachusetts study, reported harassing or violent incidents occurring as much as twenty times a week. Parents and teachers can help. Jay Kaiman of the Anti-Defamation League says parents need to listen to things that kids say.
Greaves advises parents to look at school policies.
It's important that the schools have policies in place to adequately deal with those kind of problems to protect the students that are victimized. What parents teach at home will ultimately determine the safety of all kids, says eighteen year old Leila. Intervene if children are making racial slurs or attributing racial comments to and identity with a group. If not, work within your local community to help schools to develop policies that show kids schools will not tolerate hateful acts. Who Commits Hate Crimes and Why Hate crimes are crimes of youth but not of youthful rebellion.