Is bullying worse in public?

[Anonymous]

This has zero to do with public or with private.

Either might be good and either might be toxic. What is known is that current school is not working, so trying any other school is a reasonable next step.

[Anonymous]

I've had kids in both, and I think this depends on why the bullying is happening.

If your kid peed his pants in second grade and everyone calls him Pee Pants Larlo because there are only 35 kids in the class and all of them remember, then changing schools will help.

If he is the only jock in a class that somehow only has sensitive drama kids, then changing schools will help.

If he's on the spectrum and struggles to make connections with kids outside of role-playing games, changing to public might actually help as long as the public has a critical mass of similar kids.

But if there's something else, something that's making him a target, it may or may not help it will come down to the size and culture of the school he is transferring into.

[Anonymous]

Depends on the school. The more diverse a school is, the more bullying is a problem. Homogenous schools tend to have less bullying, though there is always social-status/monetary hierarchy bullying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our child left a private school after 3rd grade for bullying and has had a much better experience in public school. I attribute this to the larger size class which allowed kids to find their people. In the small private, it was really easy for 1-2 kids to dictate social dynamics and friendships. In public school, you didn’t have to interact with kids you didn’t like. There were lots of kids to choose from.

Plus, the county requires restorative justice be applied to actionable incidences. This wholistic approach will be therapeutic to both victim and alleged implementer alike in public school.

The part about restorative justice - that's sarcasm, right? Worst disciplinary system ever.

Why would you say that? And what do you know about current restorative justice methods??

Have ever attended a single training session on restorative justice practices and techniques? (I am guessing not).