Happy parents raise happy kids  Bullying (23): Bully parents
Sad girl with teddy bearBullying parents are a very dangerous
phenomenon in our society, because parents are supposed to be
the people who protect their kids from bullying. Yet, as I have
described in previous chapters, there are many parents who feel
weak and lack the emotional intelligence to maintain a sense of
control without bullying someone else. Being smaller and weaker
makes kids easy targets for them.  It is parents' "job" to
provide for their kids' basic needs:    1. They need to give
them a sense of trust   2. They need to build their kids
confidence and prepare them for independent life   3. They need
to provide their kids with a sense of security (physical, social
and emotional)   4. They need to give them a sense of love and
belonging   5. They need to provide their kids with food, drink,
air, shelter, education…   6. They need to provide understanding
and support (physically and emotionally)   7. They need to give
them verbal encoura