抖阴短视频

RIYADH: Dr. Majid Al-Eissa, executive director of the National Family Safety Program (NFSP) in 抖阴短视频, said that according to different studies conducted by the NFSP in the past 5 years, one in three children is exposed to peer violence or bullying.

鈥淲e noticed that physical violence is more common among males compared to verbal or psychological or emotional violence which is more common among females,鈥� he added.

During a workshop session titled 鈥淎nti-Bullying and Children鈥檚 Rights鈥� organized by the Saudi Human Rights Commission (HRC) on the occasion of Universal Children鈥檚 Day on Wednesday, Al-Eissa said that bullying is common in early childhood and increases through adolescence. However, it transforms from physical more to psychological in older age groups.

Nadiah Al-Saif, specialist in bullying and emotional intelligence at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, disputed the prominance of bullying, said that it happened less frequently after early childhood. 鈥淚t actually starts in elementary school, increases in intermediate schools and significantly decreases in high schools. It鈥檚 almost nonexistent in universities but returns in a working environment in a more verbal and psychological way.鈥�

Al-Eissa said: 鈥淚t has severe consequences not only in the short term but in the long term on individuals. This includes in education, truancy, poor performance in schooling, decreased rates in job acquirement, and loss of human capital function, which is a severe loss in the economy of the country.鈥�

Speaking to Arab News, Al-Eissa pointed out that since 2016, a program had been launched in schools to educate officials on how to deal with bullying and create an anti-bullying environment.

Al-Eissa said that in order to see the effectiveness of prevention programs, 鈥淲e need years of implementation to see a real decline in the trends.

鈥淭he few cases of fatalities (in schools) witnessed this semester is concerning. And I think participation in this event reflects the importance of this issue 鈥� it urges into taking action,鈥� he added.

During the launch of today鈥檚 workshop Dr. Awwad Al-Awwad, chairman of the HRC, expressed the authority鈥檚 concern about the growing phenomenon of bullying, which clearly threatens the stability of children's lives and the integrity of their behavior, stressing that the authority would work with others to find solutions.

With the presence of 50 governmental and civil authorities, experts, legal professionals and students, Al-Awwad stressed that Universal Children鈥檚 Day provides an inspirational entry point for defending, promoting and celebrating children鈥檚 rights, and translating them into dialogues and procedures to build a better world for children.

Eman Al-Aifan, general supervisor of early childhood at the General Department of Early Childhood in the Ministry of Education, said the department had implemented a 鈥淧ersonal Safety Program for Children鈥� in cooperation with the UN Children鈥檚 Fund (UNICEF) and Arab Gulf Development Programme (AGFUND) in two phases.

The first stage will establish a safe environment for children. The second stage will protect children from violence and abuse.

鈥淭he program aims to enhance the values and skills of personal safety in children in kindergarten (3-6 years) and those who educate them like teachers and parents,鈥� Al-Aifan said.

鈥淭he implementation of the program was successful, it is effective in developing educators (teachers/parents) and in enhancing children鈥檚 self-confidence and ability to express themselves,鈥� Al-Aifan said

She pointed out that the second stage (protecting the child from violence and abuse) was 鈥渟till in the process鈥� of training educators from all regions of 抖阴短视频.

Malak Al-Harbi, founder of Jalees club, was a victim of bullying when she was a child for being overweight, she told Arab News.

鈥淭his is one of the topics that I will talk about in my program because it is spread in schools and in society in general because children can be bullied at home. Sometimes one parent can be a bully, and their child can become one too,鈥� Al-Harbi said.

鈥淏ullying won鈥檛 end completely, but there should be awareness, and then a system that controls it in schools,鈥� she added.

She proposed a solution to focus on kindness. 鈥淲hen I was young, I was always subjected to sarcastic comments of my weight,鈥� she said, pointing out that sometimes bullying was part of children鈥檚 personalities, but other times happened because a child might imitate its peers. 鈥淭hey are influenced by collective thinking and just need to be aware of the damage.

鈥淥f course, now I thank God I knew how to erase negative effects of bullying. But surely it was the reason for my delay in moving on in my life, because I was psychologically defeated,鈥� she said.