Golubović: Schools don't talk about peer violence as much as they should

All the situations related to peer violence that have come to the media show that we, as a society, have obviously missed the opportunity to do good prevention, said social worker Violeta Golubović in Colors of the Morning.

"We get the impression that we talk a lot, but do little. Through the workshops we hold and in conversation with children and parents, we get the impression that we are missing that moment of better information, recognition of peer violence, and the ability to provide adequate intervention in time."

"Consciously and intentionally inflicting damage that is continuous over a long period of time is precisely one of the definitions of peer violence, which means that someone intentionally harms another child for a long period of time in order to expose him to a negative influence, that is, to make that child feel bad," she said. she.

Golubović assessed that schools talk about peer violence, but not continuously and as much as it should.

"When teachers become aware of a problem from a parent and a child with peer violence, they inform the PP service, every school should have a protocol on dealing with situations of peer violence, and in this way teachers delegate the problem to the PP service, which together with the teacher, parents and children should finds the best solution. But, again, I get the impression that not only for teachers, but for all of us who are in professions, continuous education is something that is an obligation so that we do not end up in a situation where we have peer violence that lasts for four years," she said.

Kristina Mihailović from the Parents Association said that "more than enough parents" contact them practically every week when it comes to cases of peer violence. "It's something that is present, and with a certain statement that it will always be there, and that we can hardly expect that there will be no peer violence at all."

It seems, as she said, that these cases are increasing. "In the last two years, since the corona virus has been there, this issue somehow seems to have risen to the surface, all because we applied little of what we adopted in the previous period."

"In order to suppress peer violence, it is necessary to start applying everything that has been adopted in schools, when schools cannot cope with it, and it is not that rare a situation when schools cannot cope and then schools are trying, they have some mechanisms that represent the possibility of involving centers for social work, however, due to the overall situation and everything that they have as scope of work, it does not really work and the school is then left and left to itself to solve these specific cases Mihailović said.

"In addition to what is intended to be applied in the schools themselves, we must provide support to families somewhere, and when there is a problem within the family, and it refers to this topic, that family can also receive professional support and help from the competent service, which should exist, and not Unfortunately, families in Montenegro do not have a sufficient system of those social services that they need and that should help all of us together so that our children behave much more responsibly and respect the rules that should function in our society," she said. is she.