Bullying is NEVER okay!

This moved me to tears as I worry about this issue every day. Just yesterday Matt overheard a child make an obvious negative comment about Tanner and the Mother didn't do anything about it. Bullying comes in many different forms and even though kids are curious, there is a VERY fine line between comments/curiosity being appropriate and inappropriate. This is not just a frivolous thing...this is a very serious issue and we all need to take it seriously. Even if we know our kids are not being bullied, there are other kids out there that are and they need people to stand up for them. We can not afford to be ignorant or dismiss the issue. Different isn't a negative thing. Essentially, aren't we all different???? Just because someone looks different or chooses a different lifestyle does not mean we have to be mean about it or to that individual. Let us all remember that WE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF A LOVING FATHER IN HEAVEN and he loves us all...no matter our differences.

Bullying

My child is a bully.

He does not play nice with other kids lately and it's more than just irritating me. I need some serious, real, hard core advice and suggestions because I have NO CLUE what to do.

He pushes for no reason, he body checks, and constantly grabs toys. If he pushes or body checks people I give him only 1 warning and then send him to his room if he does it again. If he grabs a toy, I ask him who had it first. If the other person did then I tell him he needs to give it back and wait his turn. If he had it first then I remind him that we need to share and that he can play with the toy for x amount of time and then the other person gets to have a turn with it.

Clearly, this isn't working. Or maybe it isn't working lately because he does it all the time. Sometimes I even tell him he won't be able to go over or have friends over if he keeps doing x. I also tell him that that behaviour is not nice or not acceptable or unkind and mean and that we need to treat other people kindly. Sometimes I have even said "Do you think Heavenly Father and Jesus would want you to be mean or yell(or whatever the behaviour is)?" Sometimes he says "no" but then keeps doing it.

My problem is the punishment/consequence. I'm not sure if what I'm doing is working or not. Right now, this week, it's not. It's kind of a hit and miss some days. How do I encourage him to share? It's very frustrating...ahhhhh!