Bullying

Through the course of our life, we encounter lots of bullies. Bullies aren't necessarily physical bullies, they can be verbal, social and even cyber-bullies.

Different forms of bullying are:

Physical: bullying involves hitting, shoving, pushing, tripping, and other kinds of force.

Verbal: bullying involves hurtful comments, name-calling, teasing.

Social: bullying involves using relationships to hurt someone. It involves excluding or ostracizing someone from a friend group, spreading rumors, or “the silent treatment”.

Cyberbullying: happens over cellphones or the internet.

• How to stop bullying at school

  
  

  
  
• Stand up for people who are bullied. Bullies often want an audience and approval. Let bullies know that you do not think being mean is cool.
• Take an anti-bullying pledge. Print out our pledge to stand up against bullying. Share it with your friends, and let people know what you believe.
• Take action. See if you can start an anti-bullying club or prevention program at your school.
• Talk to other kids. Try to learn more about where bullying happens at your school. Talk about what might help. See if you and some friends can go together to talk to an adult at school.
• Talk to your teachers or principal. Let adults at school know that you care about this topic. Ask the school to host an assembly on bullying. Ask for an anonymous survey to learn how many kids are being bullied.
• Talk to your parents or guardians. Your parents or guardians can ask your school to focus more on bullying.
• Speak (and write) up! Write a blog, school newspaper article, or tweets to tackle bullying.