Colman Noctor: Exclusion is a difficult form of bullying to tackle 

If one child is excluding another child, it is the parents’ responsibility to explain how unacceptable that is and to do everything they can to ensure it does not continue

About eight out of every ten young people I see for therapy report experiences of bullying. Picture: iStock 

Colman Noctor

CHILD PSYCHOTHERAPIST

On December 1, Minister for Education Norma Foley TD launched ‘Cineáltas: An Action Plan on Bullying’. The initiative is dedicated to preventing and addressing bullying, cyberbullying, racism, gender identity bullying or sexual harassment in schools.