Building Resilience: Helping Kids Overcome Bullying

Yekaterina (Katrina) O’Neil
November 10, 2025

Counselors & Counseling, Education & Homeschooling, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Parenting & Grandparenting, Social & Emotional Development

The author shares her firsthand experiences witnessing bullying against her twice- and thrice-exceptional children in public school—and how shifting to a supportive homeschooling community fostered resilience, empathy, and belonging. Through nature programs, volunteering, art, and shared reading, her family learned to transform difference into strength and authentic self-acceptance.

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Yekaterina (Katrina) O’Neil

Yekaterina (Katrina) O’Neil is a homeschooling mom by day, a doctoral student by night, and a cybersecurity professional by trade. The mom of two 2e kids in middle and high school, she began homeschooling them after public school turned out not to be a fit. To understand and support her kids better, Katrina is pursuing a Doctoral Degree at Bridges Graduate School (BGS) of Cognitive Diversity in Education. Born and raised in the former Soviet Union, she hopes to spread awareness and acceptance of culturally diverse neurodivergent and twice-exceptional individuals through writing, speaking, research, facilitating support groups, consulting, and coaching. Katrina holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science & Engineering from UC San Diego, and a Certificate in 2e Education from BGS. https://www.katrinaoneil.com/

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