What Is Bullying?
Most kids have been teased by a sibling or a friend at some point. And it's not usually harmful when done in a playful, friendly, and mutual way, and both kids find it funny. But when teasing becomes hurtful, unkind, and constant, it crosses the line into bullying and needs to stop.
Bullying is intentional tormenting in physical, verbal, or psychological ways. It can range from hitting, shoving, name-calling, threats, and mocking to extorting money and treasured possessions. Some kids bully by shunning others and spreading rumors about them. Others use email, chat rooms, instant messages, social networking websites, and text messages to taunt others or hurt their feelings.
Different Types of Bullying:
1.) Verbal Bullying
-Verbal bullying is when someone is called names, threatened and made to feel bad.
2.) Physical Bullying
- Physical bullying is when someone is hit, punched, pushed or have their personal items stolen and any other kind of physical, aggressive contact.
When someone has some physical signs of bullying like cuts, bruises, torn clothes or personal belongings missing they just put it down to over active play or childish games. Many times this isn't the cause and people who are bullied will not tell an adult or someone they trust as they believe it will make the bullies mad and make the bullying a lot worse.
3.) Social Bullying
- Social bullying is when someone is left out of games, deliberately ignored and has bad things spread about them and made to feel like an outsider.
4.) Psychological/Mental
-Psychological bullying is when a someone is stalked or intimidated.
5.) Cyber Bullying
- With the technology age a new type of bullying was born; Cyber Bullying.
This type of bullying can be chat rooms, online, instant messaging, on a mobile phone or even e-mails.
Along with the other types of bullying, this is no exception cyber bullying does go on and has been witnessed by the Stamp Out Bullying team.
STEPS TO TAKE TO AVOID BEING BULLIED
1. Try not to give the bully an easy victim. Be someone the bully does not want to pick on. Work on building good self-esteem. If you feel confident inside yourself you won’t look like a victim and it will be easier for you to stand up for your rights.
Work on building good self-esteem by:
· identifying what you are good at
· be involved in activities that you enjoy build, branch out or expand your hobbies and talents
Presenting yourself with confidence:
· make eye contact when speaking with someone
· use good posture (stand straight, shoulders back, be aware of personal space—3 -6 feel)
· pay attention to what you wear—is it right for the situation?
2. Develop ties with friends and family. This will help you to feel less isolated. It will also provide you with support and someone to talk to.
Here are some ideas of where you might be able to get support.
Your friends—You may find that you aren’t the only one being bullied. Hang around with your friends, the bully might get bored waiting to catch you alone. Stick up for others who are being bullied.
Your parents—Hopefully you can talk to your parents and you can discuss your problems easily. They care about you and may have some ideas to help or may support you by talking to someone at school or where the problem is.
Your teacher—Most teachers know how to handle bully situations and will be able to help you. If your teacher doesn’t help then go and see your principal.
Your coach or group leader—If the problem is during a group activity then it is up to the adult to support you. If there is a bully at work in your team then the team will not be doing their best.
The police or a community leader—If you have no one that you feel comfortable talking to then go to your police station. Police do not like bullies and will be able to give you some information that might help you.
If you are still uneasy about the situation you must revisit someone that gave you support. DO NOT GIVE UP. Keep telling until someone listens.
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