Marshall-Harris calls for action on bullying

A child rights advocate has warned parents who believe their children are being bullied at school not to take matters into their own hands, even as she called for urgent action to address bullying and fighting among students.

United Nations (UN)child rights expert and child rights advocate Faith Marshall-Harris told Barbados TODAY that her charitable trust’s helpline had been receiving increasing reports of bullying and violence, with many parents expressing concern about the frequency of confrontations among children.

Many of the complaints, she said, involve first-form students who are allegedly being targeted by older pupils and pressured to hand over lunch items or pocket money.