Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems. In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and include: * An Imbalance of Power: Kids who bully use their power—such as physical strength, access to embarrassing information, or popularity—to control or harm others. Power imbalances can change over time and in different situations, even if they involve the same people. * Repetition: Bullying behaviors happen more than once or have the potential to happen more than once. Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose. Types of Bullying There are three types of bullying:
* Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things. Verbal bullying includes: * Teasing
* Name-calling
* Inappropriate sexual comments
* Taunting
* Threatening to cause harm
* Social bullying, sometimes referred to as relational bullying, involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships. Social bullying includes: * Leaving someone out on purpose
* Telling other children not to be friends with someone
* Spreading rumors about someone
* Embarrassing someone in public
* Physical bullying involves hurting a person’s body or possessions. Physical bullying includes:
* Hitting/kicking/pinching
* Spitting
* Tripping/pushing
* Taking or breaking someone’s things
* Making mean or rude hand gestures
HOW TO PREVENT BULLYING
Parents, school staff, and other caring adults have a role to play in preventing bullying. They can: * Help kids understand bullying. Talk about what bullying is and how to stand up to it safely. Tell kids bullying is unacceptable. Make sure kids know how to get help. * Keep the lines of communication open. Check in with kids often. Listen to them. Know their friends, ask about school, and understand their concerns. * Encourage kids to do what they love.Special activities, interests, and hobbies can boost confidence, help kids make friends, and protect them from bullying behavior. * Model how to treat others with kindness and respect.
CONCLUSION
So bullying is a depressing and a important topic. Don’t be that person that makes someone feel bad about themselves. Take it from me, a victim of bullying, bullying isn’t fun and we need to prevent it. Stopping bullying comes down to the schools. Schools need to do more about bullying that happens during school. It can make a huge difference.
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