A Parent’s Guide to LGBT and Homophobic Bullying

I am on ITV This Morning discussing same sex families. Bullying can happen to anyone at any age. My bullying diary can be really helpful to keep a record of the bullying that you’ve experienced to show to someone you really trust when you are talking to your parents, teachers or other adults about sorting […]

What to do if your child is being bullied.

Here is my advice about what to do if your child is being bullied on  Bullying UK and why not join me on my next Workshop with your child Sue’s 5 Step Self Esteem Solution Workshop to empower your child with the skills they need for long term self esteem and confidence? Click here to book. No parent […]

Ten Simple Things You Can Do To Help Eliminate Bullying

I know first hand how destructive, painful and frightening bullying can be as I was bullied, and developed alopecia, when I first started at my secondary school aged 11. So as a former Head of a PSHE Department (Personal, Social, and Health) at a great school in Surrey I know first hand about helping children […]

How James Brown is changing children’s lives !

Today I worked with the most lovely 12 year old who when asked what she was good at sat in silence for a very long time and said, “nothing” yet I know she is a great footballer, good at fractions, a great storyteller who writes with flair and good insights about her made up characters, […]

Anti-Bullying Week 2011

With the slogan‘Stop and think – words can hurt’ this year’s campaign is focused on tackling verbal bullying. Young people at the ABA Youth Summit 2010 raised concerns about the negative use of language in schools and the wider community –expressions like ‘you’re so gay’ and words like ‘sket’ and ‘slag’.They saw this as a […]

The Sue Atkins Beat Bullying Diary

Bullying can happen to anyone at any age. My bullying diary can be really helpful to keep a record of the bullying that you’ve experienced to show to someone you really trust when you are talking to your parents, teachers or other adults about sorting this problem out. Download my Beat Bullying Diary now   […]

Teaching Tolerance

We’ve just come back after spending time exploring, learning and seeing where Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in a cell on Robben island just off the coast of Cape Town and I was pleased to discover that Nelson shares the same birthday as myself 18th July!! It made me ponder tolerance I’m also reading Barack […]

Problems in the Playground

Problems in the Playground I was asked by BBC Breakfast News to discuss playground behaviour in schools as a former Deputy Head and as a Parent Coach and Mum. It strikes me that there are two ways to improve playground behaviour. The school needs strategies, techniques and skills for handling conflict and parents need to teach […]