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This bullying prevention game is designed for school-age children and can be played in classrooms, homes, or in therapy settings. There is no limit as to how many people can play this game at once.
This game is designed to help children develop specific anti-bullying coping skills. One of the most effective methods to teach children coping skills is by way of peer confrontation (role-plays). When children are confronted with specific confrontational statements within a controlled structured setting, they are more prone to learn and implement specific skills to help them cope with issues of bullying.
A child role-playing with his/her peers is more powerful than role-playing with an adult. Children who bully typically bully other children and not adults. Therefore, a child role-playing with other children is very effective in terms of teaching him/her specific coping skills primarily because role-plays are perceived as more genuine and true to life.
This game teaches children:
- Anti-bullying coping skills.
- Communication skills.
- Conflict resolution skills.
- Confrontational skills.
- How the self-esteem affects bullying.
- Profiles of bullies and their victims.
- The importance of and how to place boundaries on friendships.
- Anger management skills.
- The importance of body language and its affect on bullying.
Since peer confrontation is a sensitive issue for some children, this game should be played in a light-hearted, relaxed, supportive, re-assuring, and fun atmosphere. It is appropriate for the children to have fun during peer confrontation (role-plays) than to take the role-plays too literally or seriously. Laughter would help the children conceptualize inappropriate verbalizations with humor, which is another anti-bullying coping skill.
The game cards need to be printed out. please purchase 19 printable business card sheets (typically two packages/10 sheets per package). Please make sure the printable business cards that you plan to purchase is compatible with your printer (inexpensive printable business cards can be found in the office supply section of Wal-Mart).
Handing out play money or simply keeping track (tallying) of the money children earn while playing this game is appropriate.
Links to the PDF files of the game cards will be forwarded to you once you purchase the game.
If you do not have PDF already installed on your computer, please click the following button to download this free reader:
***CAUTION - Before printing the PDF formatted card files unto business cards, it is best to print out on regular typing paper, one page of cards per file. Line up the printed page of cards with one blank business card page to make sure that the text is aligned in each card and not bleeding into another card. If you notice the text to bleed into another card, please notify us at Info@StrongFamilies.us so that we could correct this issue.
Please familiarize yourself with the game cards and the answers to each card prior to playing this game. If you feel that there are cards that are inappropriate or too sensitive, please remove these cards from the pile before playing.
There are 6 types of game cards:
- Understanding Bullying - These cards are designed to teach children specific facts regarding issues of bullying. Please refer to the answer sheet for the correct answers. There is a number on each card that corresponds with the answer sheet.
- Verbal Responses to Bullying - These cards are designed to help children identify appropriate and inappropriate verbal responses to bullying.
- Anti-Bullying Skills - These cards are designed to empower children to practice the coping skills they learned while playing this game.
- Friendship - These cards are designed to help children learn how to make and keep friends by defining boundaries and personal expectations.
- Body Language - These cards are designed to help children learn the importance of body language and its effect on the issue bullying.
- Bonus - These cards identify factious situations that trigger specific emotional responses when confronted with bullying. Players are rewarded money based on the content of each card. These cards are designed to teach children the importance of utilizing anti-bullying coping skills.
The player who earns the most money wins the game.
This game is designed to be played one-on-one or in a group setting. In a group setting, this game can be played with opponents competing against each other, groups of participants competing against other groups, or the entire group working together to reach a common goal (cooperative play). For instance, a specific reward can be granted to each group participant if the entire group reaches/earns a specific monetary value.
If the facilitator selects to play this game competitively, please keep the following in mind: Most activities in our society are based on competition. Therefore, it is imperative that we teach children the necessary coping skills to help them efficiently and effectively cope with their competitive society. Children view games with more seriousness and importance when there is an element of competition involved.
This game can be played with any number of players. The facilitator should make sure that there is enough play money to accommodate the number of children playing the game. This game is very simple to play.
- Select a player to be the banker. The banker is responsible for distributing the play money to the players based on the instructions detailed on each game card.
- Determine the length of time for playing the game by specifying the amount of play money to be earned (cap) or when a specific time is reached.
- Select which player goes first.
- If a game card instructs a player to give play money to the bank or a specific player when he/she has no money to give, allow the game to continue by having the next player take his/her turn. Tracking a player's debt and expecting him/her to pay once they earn the play money is not recommended.
***Before the start of the game, the banker can give each player $50.00. However, this is not required to play the game.
The fee for this card game is $19.95. Please click the PayPal button below to purchase this game. You can purchase the game using your PayPal account. If you don't have a PayPal account, PayPal allows you to use any major credit card on their site. After purchasing the game, you will be forwarded the link to the download.
If you attended the "Standing Up To Bullying" Conference, please log in to obtain your free copy of the game using the login information that was emailed to you:
After your purchase, you will receive periodic emails alerting you to free unlimited game updates/upgrades.
Please enter the username and password that was emailed to you to download the game update. The update replaces and does not add on to your previous version of the game:
***If you purchased a previous version of this game and would like to obtain the game update, please email Info@StrongFamilies.us requesting a username and password.
If you experience any problems or have any questions regarding the game, please email your questions to Info@StrongFamilies.us.
A complete refund will be granted if the product is defective within 30 days from the date of purchase. Please email Info@StrongFamilies.us with your request for a refund and with a complete description of the problem that you are having with the game.
To make this game and future games more effective, please feel free to email your opinions, comments, errors that you found, and constructive criticism about this game to Info@StrongFamilies.us. Thank you!