The Cause of Bullycide!

It is believed that depression causes most teenage suicides, but this creates a new question - what causes the depression? A person just doesn't wake up one morning with depression. Psychologists believe that some people have a genetic tendency towards depression, some people develop depression because of environmental triggers, and some people can have both genetic and environmental triggers. Some children develop depression from bullying at school as well as an assault by a bully in school. The new term being used to describe this type of teen Suicide is, "bullycide," a suicide caused from the effects of bullying.

What non-linguistic representation of bullying do you see in the video?

Is Bullying Really That Hard to Stop?

Bullying and victimization are problematic behaviors with negative consequences for everyone: the victims, the bullies, the other students in the classroom and school, the teachers, the parents of the bullies and the victims, and perhaps even the neighborhood in which the school is located. Thus, much is at stake to reduce bullying. Yet, we find that the roles that children and adolescence have in their peer group, and bullying and victimization specifically, can be quite stable over time. Without intervention, there seems to be little change in the occurrence of bullying and victimization. We have also examined the reasons why bullies and victims do not change easily. Understanding these reasons is necessary to create change.

Stability of Peer Reputations
The reputation of a child or adolescent in the peer group tends to be stable over time. Reputations of being well-liked or popular, but also aggressive, rejected, or victimized are quite consistent over multiple years, even when children or adolescents move to new schools and the peer group changes (1).

In one study, we followed children from age 9 (the end of elementary school) to age 18 (the end of high school). The most aggressive 9-year-olds tend to be the most aggressive 19-year-olds (2). Children who are victimized as youngsters also tend to be victimized as they get older (3). For victims of bullying, it is difficult to improve their position from one school year to the next.

The Rewards of Bullying
Why do bullying and victimization repeat themselves? One reason for the stability of bullying are the rewards that bullies get for their behavior. Bullying is power (4). Being aggressive to others is reinforced by becoming dominant in the peer group (5).

Bullies do not work alone. Some peers assist the bully; others watch and do nothing (6). The bully forms a coalition with the assistants that increases their status and helps the bully stay in charge (7). Because of such rewards, the bullying continues.

What Peers Expect of Bullies and Victims
Second, children’s perceptions of themselves and others contribute to the stability of bullying and victimization. Children expect their peers to behave in the same way they always do and thereby help them to continue their behavior (8). Problem children such as bullies often do not perceive their own behavior very accurately (9). Instead, bullies may think that they are cool and entitled to their behavior (10). Victims inaccurately believe that they cannot escape their fate (11). Peers’ expectations of bullies and victims, and bullies’ and victims’ expectations of themselves, help to continue their roles in the peer group, even across school transitions (12).

Is Change Possible?
The story of stability may suggest a bleak picture. Is change ever possible? Change is possible (13), but to create it, the factors that contribute to stability need to be taken into account. The rewards for the bully in the peer group need to be counteracted. It is also necessary to change how bullies and victims see themselves: to make bullies aware of their aggression and its consequences on their peers, and to make victims understand that change can happen.

As the Parent, Are You Helping the BULLY?

1. Bullying is the same thing as conflict.
Wrong. Bullying is aggressive behavior that involves an imbalance of power or strength. Often, bullying is repeated over time.

Conflict involves antagonism among two or more people. Whereas any two people can have a conflict (or a disagreement or a fight), bullying only occurs where there is a power imbalance where one child has a hard time defending himself or herself. Why is the difference between bullying and conflict important? Conflict resolution or mediation strategies are sometimes misused to solve bullying problems. These strategies can send the message that both children are "partly right and partly wrong," or that, "We need to work out the conflict between you." These messages are not appropriate messages in cases of bullying (or in any situation where someone is being victimized). The appropriate message to the child who is bullied should be, "Bullying is wrong and no one deserves to be bullied. We are going to do everything we can to stop it."

For more information, see the tip sheet entitled, "Misdirections in Bullying Prevention and Intervention."

What does work? Research suggests that the best way to deal with bullying is through comprehensive programs that focus on changing the climate of a school and the social norms of the group. For more information, see the tip sheet entitled, "Best Practices in Bullying Prevention and Intervention."

2. Most bullying is physical (involves hitting, shoving, kicking).
Physical bullying may be what first comes to mind when adults think about bullying. However, the most common form of bullying both for boys and girls is verbal bullying (e.g., name-calling, rumor-spreading). It is also common for youth to bully each other through social isolation (e.g., shunning or leaving a child out on purpose).

3. Bullying isn't serious. It's just a matter of "kids being kids."
Bullying can be extremely serious. Bullying can affect the mental well being, academic work, and physical health of children who are targeted. Children who are bullied are more likely than other children to have lower self-esteem; and higher rates of depression, loneliness, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. They also are more likely to want to avoid attending school and have higher school absenteeism rates. Recent research on the health related effects of bullying indicates that victims of frequent bullying are more likely to experience headaches, sleeping problems, and stomach ailments. Some emotional scars can be long-lasting. Research suggests that adults who were bullied as children are more likely than their non-bullied peers to be depressed and have low self-esteem as adults.

Children who bully are more likely than other children to be engaged in other antisocial, violent, or troubling behaviors. Bullying can negatively affect children who observe bullying going on around them even if they aren't targeted themselves. For more information, visit "Why Should Adults Care About Bullying?"

4. Bullying doesn't happen at my child's school.
Bullying is more common at some schools than others, however it can happen anywhere children and youth gather. Studies show that between 15- 25% of U.S. students are bullied with some frequency ("sometimes or more often") while 15- 20% admit that they bully others with some frequency within a school term. The best way to find out about bullying at your child's school is to ask children and youth, themselves. One good way to do this is by administering an anonymous survey about where bullying occurs, when it occurs, and how often it occurs.

5. Bullying is mostly a problem in urban schools.
Bullying occurs in rural, suburban, and urban communities, and among children of every income level, race, and geographic region.

6. Bullying is more likely to happen on the bus than at school.
Although bullying does happen on the bus, most surveys indicate that bullying is more likely to occur on school grounds. Common locations for bullying include playgrounds, the classroom, the cafeteria, bathrooms, and hallways. A student survey can help determine where the hotspots are in any particular school.

7. Children and youth who are bullied will almost always tell an adult.
Adults are often unaware of bullying- in part because many children and youth don't report it. Most studies find that only 25%-50% of bullied children talk to an adult about the bullying. Boys and older children are less likely than girls and younger children to tell adults about bullying.Why are children reluctant to report bullying? They may fear retaliation by children doing the bullying. They also may fear that adults won't take their concerns seriously or will deal inappropriately with the bullying situation.

8. Children and youth who bully are mostly loners with few social skills.
Children who bully usually do not lack friends. In fact, some research finds that they have larger friendship networks than other children. Importantly, they usually have at least a small group of friends who support and encourage their bullying behavior. Bullies also generally have more leadership skills than victims of bullying or children not involved in bullying.

9. Bullied kids need to learn how to deal with bullying on their own.
Some children have the confidence and skills to stop bullying when it happens, but many do not. Moreover, children shouldn't be expected to deal with bullying on their own. Bullying is a form of victimization or peer abuse. Just as society does not expect victims of other types of abuse (e.g., child maltreatment or domestic abuse) to "deal with it on their own," we should not expect this from victims of bullying. Adults have critical roles to play in helping to stop bullying, as do other children who witness or observe bullying. To learn more about what you can do to help, visit

http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/indexAdult.asp?Area=teacherscorner.

10. Most children and youth who observe bullying don't want to get involved.
The good news is that most children and youth think that bullying is "not cool" and feel that they should do something if they see it happen. In a recent study of tweens, (Brown, Birch, & Kancherla, 2005), 56% said that they usually either say or do something to try to stop bullying that they observe or tell someone who could help. These children and youth play a critical role in helping stop bullying in schools and communities.

Why The Bully Chooses Me...

Why Kids Bully

Kids bully for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they pick on kids because they need a victim — someone who seems emotionally or physically weaker, or just acts or appears different in some way — to feel more important, popular, or in control. Although some bullies are bigger or stronger than their victims, that's not always the case.

Sometimes kids torment others because that's the way they’ve been treated. They may think their behavior is normal because they come from families or other settings where everyone regularly gets angry, shouts, or calls names. Some popular TV shows even seem to promote meanness — people are "voted off," shunned, or ridiculed for their appearance or lack of talent.

Signs of Bullying

Unless your child tells you about bullying — or has visible bruises or injuries — it can be difficult to figure out if it's happening.

But there are some warning signs. Parents might notice kids acting differently or seeming anxious, or not eating, sleeping well, or doing the things they usually enjoy. When kids seem moodier or more easily upset than usual, or when they start avoiding certain situations, like taking the bus to school, it might be because of a bully.

If you suspect bullying but your child is reluctant to open up, find opportunities to bring up the issue in a more roundabout way. For instance, you might see a situation on a TV show and use it as a conversation starter, asking "What do you think of this?" or "What do you think that person should have done?" This might lead to questions like: "Have you ever seen this happen?" or "Have you ever experienced this?" You might want to talk about any experiences you or another family member had at that age.

Let your kids know that if they're being bullied — or see it happening to someone else — it's important to talk to someone about it, whether it's you, another adult (a teacher, school counselor, or family friend), or a sibling.

Helping the Bully, Helps Me!

Helping Kids
If your child tells you about a bully, focus on offering comfort and support, no matter how upset you are. Kids are often reluctant to tell adults about bullying because they feel embarrassed and ashamed that it's happening, or worry that their parents will be disappointed.

Sometimes kids feel like it's their own fault, that if they looked or acted differently it wouldn't be happening. Sometimes they're scared that if the bully finds out that they told, it will get worse. Others are worried that their parents won't believe them or do anything about it. Or kids worry that their parents will urge them to fight back when they're scared to.

Praise your child for being brave enough to talk about it. Remind your child that he or she isn't alone — a lot of people get bullied at some point. Emphasize that it's the bully who is behaving badly — not your child. Reassure your child that you will figure out what to do about it together.

Sometimes an older sibling or friend can help deal with the situation. It may help your daughter to hear how the older sister she idolizes was teased about her braces and how she dealt with it. An older sibling or friend also might be able to give you some perspective on what's happening at school, or wherever the bullying is happening, and help you figure out the best solution.

Take it seriously if your hear that the bullying will get worse if the bully finds out that your child told. Sometimes it's useful to approach the bully's parents. In other cases, teachers or counselors are the best ones to contact first. If you've tried those methods and still want to speak to the bullying child's parents, it's best to do so in a context where a school official, such as a counselor, can mediate.

Many states have bullying laws and policies. Find out about the laws in your community. In certain cases, if you have serious concerns about your child's safety, you may need to contact legal authorities.

Time To Stop the Bully

Bully Stats...What Children, Parents and Teachers Should Know!

If you are like most parents you breathe a sigh of relief once you get the kids off to school.

I raised 5 special needs children that were adopted as a single male parent. I thought that once they were all on their respective buses that they were going to be in the hands of professionals and would be safe.

I knew as special needs kids they were all going to be subjected to a small degree of harassment. The kids who ride the "short bus" always have this problem.

I was prepared for it and made sure my kids were as well and it all passed without major incident.

However, many kids who ride the "long bus" are not so fortunate. They are, in some cases, in more of a dangerous situation than they were before leaving for school.

Here are some School Bullying Statistics from 2009 Surveys:

*Over 75% of our students are subjected to harassment by a bully or Cyber-Bully and experience physical, psychological and/or emotional abuse.

*Over 20% of our kids admit to being a bully or participating in bully-like activities.

*Over one half of bullying & Cyber-Bullying events go unreported to authorities or parents.

*In 2009 surveys showed over 100,000 children carried guns to school as a result of being bullied.

*28% of students who carry weapons in school have witnessed violence in their homes.

*On a daily average 160,000 children miss school because they fear they will be bullied if they attend classes.

*On a monthly average 282,000 students are physically attacked by a bully each month.

*Every seven minutes a child is bullied on a school playground with over 85% of those instances occurring without any intervention.

*46% of males and 26% of females admit to having been involved in physical fights as a result of being bullied.

*Over 85% of our teenagers say that revenge as an aftermath of being bullied is the leading cause for school shootings and homicide.

*The top 5 states in regards to reported incidents of bullying and Cyber-Bullying are California, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington.

*A child commits suicide as a direct result of being bullied once every half hour with 19,000 bullied children attempting to commit suicide over the course of one year.

As you can see from the school bullying statistics listed above it is indeed a serious problem that must be addressed whenever discovered.

Unfortunately, as indicated above, most instances of school bully activity go unreported by the student victims.

This makes it very difficult for teachers or parents to intervene on behalf of the victim and provide the proper counseling needed for the victim as well as the bully.

A relatively new type of bully, the Cyber-Bully, is relevant in schools as well as home and is a growing concern for parents when trying to protect their kids from this form of abuse.

Cyber-Bullying is the harassment of kids through the use of the internet and filters into the schools when kids return to classes.

It is so serious that over one third of our kids who frequent the internet are victims of the Cyber-Bully.

Dont Let the Bully Own You...

While bullying and teasing can start as early at first or second grade it definitely starts to peak in 5th or 6th grade until it seems to be its worst through 9th grade. While the key to stopping the bullying and harassment is to reach the children and victims of bullying early there are still things that should and must be done with our teens. Unfortunately by middle school bullying and teasing typically has become an “accepted” part of life. A culture of bullying and harassment has been established and many teens feel powerless to change it. The don't have to be victims of bullying.

The teens year are a critical period when much of a person’s identity and self image is formed. Almost 30 percent of teens in the United States (or over 5.7 million) are estimated to be involved in school bullying and teasing as either a bully, victims of bullying, or both. In a recent national survey of students in grades 6 to 10, 13 percent reported bullying and harassment of others, 11 percent reported being the target of school bullying and teasing, and another 6 percent said they bullied others and were bullied themselves.

Limited available data suggest that teen bullying and harassment is much more common among younger teens than older teens. As teens grow older, they are less likely to bully and tease others and to be the targets of bullying and harassment. This is definitely the period for parents to watch their child closely. Watch for victims of bullying. One of the keys is to establish a free flow of communications with their teen. If your teen feels free to talk to you about any issue this phase of their lives can be very empowering.

School bullying and teasing occurs more frequently among boys than girls. Bullying and harassment by boys is usually more overt and visible. While bullying and teasing by girls is more covert it is often more destructive. Teenage boys are much more likely to bully and harassment of others and to be the targets of bullies. While both boys and girls say others bully and tease them by making fun of the way they look or talk, boys are more likely to report being hit, slapped, or pushed. Teenage girls are more often the targets of rumors and sexual comments. Girls are much more sensitive to issue about their looks and what they are wearing. While teenage boys target both boys and girls, teenage girls most often bully and harass other girl victims of bullying, using more subtle and indirect forms of aggression than boys. For example, instead of physically harming others, they are more likely to spread gossip or encourage others to reject or exclude another girl.

Here are some things you can do to combat psychological and verbal bullying and teasing. They're also good tips to share with a friend as a way to show your support:

Ignore the bully and walk away. It's definitely not a coward's response — sometimes it can be harder than losing your temper. This take a high level of self confidence. Bullies thrive on the reaction they get, and if you walk away, or ignore hurtful emails or instant messages, you're telling the bully that you just don't care. Sooner or later the bully will probably get bored with trying to bother you. Walk tall and hold your head high. Using this type of body language sends a message that you're not vulnerable. This may not work with all bullies but can be the easiest to start. Ultimately the bully will respond best to your confidence and strength. Do not be a victim of bullying.

Hold the anger. Who doesn't want to get really upset with a bully? But that's exactly the response he or she is trying to get. They are doing it to get the reaction. Bullies want to know they have control over your emotions. If you're in a situation where you have to deal with a bully and you can't walk away with poise, use humor — it can throw the bully off guard. Work out your anger in another way, such as through exercise or writing it down (make sure you tear up any letters or notes you write in anger). Refuse to be avictim of bullying and teasing.

Don't get physical. However you choose to deal with bullying and teasing, don't use physical force (like kicking, hitting, or pushing). Not only are you showing your anger, you can never be sure what the bully will do in response. You are more likely to be hurt and get in to trouble if you use violence against the bullying and harassment. You can stand up for yourself in other ways, refusing to be a victime of bullying, such as gaining control of the situation by walking away or by being assertive in your actions. Some adults believe that bullying and teasing is a part of growing up (even that it is character building) and that hitting back is the only way to tackle the problem. But that's not the case. Aggressive responses tend to lead to more violence and more bullying for the victims. Keep from being a vicitm of bullying and harassment.
Practice confidence. Practice ways to respond to the bully and harass verbally or through your behavior. Practice feeling good about yourself (even if you have to fake it at first)

Have the confidence to say “NO”. One of the most effective skills that you can learn is to say “NO”! I use the story of a match thrown in the dry grass by a passing driver. If you wait and wait and wait pretty soon the fire I out of control and no one can stop it. Instead if you step on the match right away the fire is out easily. The same works for bullies. Saying “No, Stop, That hurts my feelings and I will not tolerate it!” the first time the bullying and teasing starts you will often stop the bullying right there. Refuse to be a victim of bullying.

Take charge of your life. You can't control other people's actions, but you can stay true to yourself. Think about ways to feel your best — and your strongest — so that other kids may give up the teasing. Exercise is one way to feel strong and powerful. (It's a great mood lifter, too!) Learn a martial art or take a class like yoga. Another way to gain confidence is to hone your skills in something like chess, art, music, computers, or writing. Joining a class, club, or gym is a great way to make new friends and feel great about yourself. The confidence you gain will help you ignore the mean kids. Never accept being a victim of bullying.

Talk about it. It may help to talk to a guidance counselor, teacher, or friend — anyone who can give you the support you need. Talking can be a good outlet for the fears and frustrations that can build when you're being bullied.

Find your (true) friends. If you've been bullied with rumors or gossip, all of the above tips (especially ignoring and not reacting) can apply. But take it one step further to help ease feelings of hurt and isolation. Find one or two true friends and confide how the gossip has hurt your feelings. Set the record straight by telling your friends quietly and confidently what's true and not true about you. Hearing a friend say, "I know the rumor's not true. I didn't pay attention to it," can help you realize that most of the time people see gossip for what it is — petty, rude, and immature.

Bullying and harassment as a teen is often a warning sign that children and teens are heading for trouble and are at risk for serious violence. Teens (particularly boys) who bully and tease are more likely to engage in other antisocial/delinquent behavior (e.g., vandalism, shoplifting, truancy, and drug use) into adulthood. They are four times more likely than non-bullies to be convicted of crimes by age 24, with 60 percent of bullies having at least one criminal conviction.

How Bullying Damaged Me...

Students who were bullied in elementary, middle, or high school may suffer lasting effects even twenty or thirty years later.

Most adults have a horror story or two about the school bully. But for some students, the harassment may begin as early as elementary school, escalate during middle school and continue through high school. Years of emotional and physical bullying can cause lasting damage.

Bullying is a form of abuse. One child or a small group may be singled out for harassment, often for little or no reason. Once it becomes a pattern, this form of behavior can spread throughout a classroom or school until a single child or group of "outsiders" is subjected to daily verbal or physical abuse by others.

Types of Bullying Commonly Experienced

For many bullied students, the school years are filled with anxiety and dread. Ex-students recall being singled out for abuse by name-calling, being shunned and ostracized, and even beaten. Students recall being pushed into walls, knocked to the ground, and sustaining cuts and bruises on a daily basis.

Bullying often occurs in contained areas such as school buses or bathrooms. It may also take place in the classroom, school cafeteria, gym locker room, or even in the hallways between classes. Some provide painful testimony of verbal abuse, such as repeated name-calling. Others are jabbed with sharp objects such as pens in the hallway or they're mocked and humiliated in the gym shower or locker room. Many report that teachers and other adults knew what was going on but did nothing to stop the continual bullying.

The Lasting Effects of Bullying

The pain of being bullied in school can be felt years later. Many victims of bullying bear emotional scars that haunt them decades after the abuse has stopped. Many students who had been bullied in middle school or high school report feeling a sense of withdrawal from others, fear of expressing opinions, even fear of closed-in spaces or other places similar to the ones where the bullying occurred. The effects of this trauma are felt for years.

For others, the trauma of years of abuse led to a pervading sense of shame and severe lack of self-esteem. For some, it was the cause of stress and panic attacks even ten or twenty years later.

Personal Experiences of Bullying and Psychological Damage

Older individuals of bullying recount many of their painful and often traumatic experiences with school bullies and the effect it has had on their lives. Many of them report diminished self-esteem, lack of trust in others, hypochondria, and depression.

Many bullies can't begin to understand the long-term psychological damage their behavior causes. Some women said that they still have trouble dating and they may have an intense fear of rejection years later – all as a result of being shunned and taunted at school.

Many male victims of bullying in middle and high school report a continuing struggle as they try to deal with the trauma at the age of fifty or older. Quite a few people who were bullied in school report fearing their children will receive the same sort of treatment



Read more at Suite101: The Long-Term Effect on Students Victimized by School Bullies http://www.suite101.com/content/the-long-term-effect-of-students-victimized-by-school-bullies-a223643#ixzz167fWbIm5

How Widespread is Bullying in Schools?

Bullying Statistics:How Widespread is School Violence

According to Bullying Statistics, thirty-two percent of parents fear for their child’s physical safety when the child is at school. Thirty-nine percent of parents with a child in grade six or higher are more likely to say they fear for their child’s safety. Twenty-two percent of parents whose children are in grade five or lower fear for their child’s safety. (Parents Not Overly Concerned About School Environments for Their Children, Gallup News Service, 2001)

A poll of teens ages 12-17 proved that they think violence increased at their schools

282,000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month.



Those in the lower grades reported being in twice as many fights as those in the higher grades. However, there is a lower rate of serious violent crimes in the elementary level than in the middle or high schools.

According to the bullying statistics, thirty-two percent of parents fear for their child’s physical safety when the child is at school. Thirty-nine percent of parents with a child in grade six or higher are more likely to say they fear for their child’s safety. Twenty-two percent of parents whose children are in grade five or lower fear for their child’s safety.

90% of 4th through 8th graders report being victims of bullying

Thirty-nine percent of middle schoolers and thirty-six of high schoolers say they don’t feel safe at schools, according to bullying statistics.

Bullying and what it leaves behind...

New bullying statistics-Top 5 Worst Places to Live To Avoid Bullying

According to new bullying statistics these are the five top worst states to live in to avoid bullies in K12.

1 California
2 New York
3 Illinois
4 Pennsylvania
5 Washington

High school incidents not dropping with a 15 per cent reporting one to three bullying incidents in the last month and 3.4 per cent 10 times or more.

23 per cent of elementary students reported being bullied one to three times in the last month bullying statistics say.

Recent bullying statistics admit that half of all bullying incidents go unreported.

100,000 students carry a gun to school bullying statistics say.

In a recent study, 77% of the students said they had been bullied. And 14% of those who were bullied said they experienced severe (bad) reactions to the abuse.




Bullying Statistics

“Being bullied is not just an unpleasant rite of passage through childhood,” said Duane Alexander, M.D., director of the NICHD. “It’s a public health problem that merits attention. People who were bullied as children are more likely to suffer from depression and low self esteem, well into adulthood, and the bullies themselves are more likely to engage in criminal behavior later in life.”

Among students, homicide perpetrators were more than twice as likely as homicide victims to have been bullied by peers.

Bullying statistics say revenge is the strongest motivation for school shootings

87% of students said shootings are motivated by a desire to “get back at those who have hurt them.”

86% of students said, “other kids picking on them, making fun of them or bullying them” causes teenagers to turn to lethal violence in the schools.

Bullying statistics shows that those who bully and are bullied appear to be at greatest risk of experiencing the following: loneliness; trouble making friends; lack of success in school; and involvement in problem behaviors such as smoking and drinking.

61% said students shoot others because they have been victims of physical abuse at home.

54% said witnessing physical abuse at home can lead to violence in school.

According to bullying statistics , one out of every 10 students who drops out of school does so because of repeated bullying.

Harassment and bullying have been linked to 75 percent of school-shooting incidents.

Take The Bully Quiz....

DIRECTIONS: Please circle or underline the best answers to the following questions. You may have more than one best answer for some questions. You do not have to put your name on the paper.

Name (optional)__________________
1. Have you ever been bullied?
Yes No
• If you answered yes, how often did someone bully you?
Occasionally Often Every day
• Where did it happen?
School Park Home Neighborhood Somewhere else
• If it happened at school, where?
Hallway Classroom Playground Cafeteria Bathroom Somewhere else

2. Have you seen other students being bullied at school?
Yes No
• If you answered yes, how often did it happen?
Occasionally Often Every day
• Where have you seen other students bullied?
Hallway Classroom Playground Cafeteria Bathroom Somewhere else

3. What kinds of things have bullies done to you or to someone you know?
Called names Threatened Stole or damaged something Shoved, kicked, or hit Ignored

4. How much of a problem is bullying for you?
Very much Not much None

5. On the back of this paper, list some of the actions you think parents, teachers, and other adults can do to help children abstain from being bullies and dealing with them.

What Forms A Bully...

THREE FORMS OF BULLYING

According to researchers, there are three forms
of bullying:

Physical: the most commonly known form;
includes hitting, kicking, spitting, pushing, and
taking personal belongings.

Verbal: includes taunting, malicious teasing,
name-calling, and making threats.

Psychological: involves spreading rumors,
manipulating social relationships, and engaging
in social exclusion, extortion, or intimidation.

Bullying and victimization have system-wide negative consequences. The natural tendency of a social group is to perpetuate itself. There are hidden forces in the peer group that make bullies stay bullies and victims stay victims. Intervention has to overcome these forces. Interventions with one bully or one victim will not be successful if the rest of the group is left untouched. It is also necessary to address the reward value of bullying. This may be the biggest challenge, because society at large often reinforces aggressive and controversial tactics as means to become dominant and successful.

Why Bully Why?

Bullying

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According to the Office of Juvenile Justice, bullying is frequently misunderstood by adults as an unavoidable part of growing up and, as a result, often occurs in the presence of adults who fail to do anything about it. The focus of this unit is to inform you about bullying at school and what can be done about it. Bullying has a negative effect on the social environment of a school and creates an atmosphere of fear among students. Bullying also reduces students’ abilities to learn. Bullying is a problem that affects millions of students of all races and classes. 1 out of 4 kids is bullied and 42% of kids have been bullied while online. A child who bullies is also more likely to engage in other negative behavior (such as stealing and taking drugs). More than 16 percent of U.S. school children said that they had been bullied by other students during a school term, according to a study by Ericson (2001). The survey, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, included 15,686 students in grades six through ten in public, parochial, and private schools throughout the United States. The researchers found that bullying occurred most frequently in sixth through eighth grades, with little variation between urban, suburban, town, and rural areas. Males were both more likely to bully others and more likely to be victims of bullying than were females. In addition, males were more likely to say they had been bullied physically (being hit, slapped, or pushed), while females more frequently said they were bullied verbally and psychologically (through sexual comments or rumors). Bullying is a common feature of everyday life. We see it in the workplace, in the home, in the club and the sports field, but most commonly of all at school, where children learn as much about how to behave towards others as they do about their lessons in class. Unfortunately, some children learn only too well how to dominate others by foul means rather than by fair, and sadly begin to enjoy doing so, setting a pattern for how they will behave as adults. Meanwhile other children, more easily dominated, suffer miserably, often in silence, and develop a victim mentality that they may be unable to shake off. Child and teen Bullying and Cyber bullying are at an all-time high. Some kids are so tormented that suicide has become an alternative for them. It has everyone worried. Not just the kids on its receiving end, but the parents, teachers and others who may not understand how extreme bullying can get. Modern educationalists are saying that it doesn't have to be like that. Hence we now have a substantial body of information, much of it based upon rigorous research, detailing how schools can devise policies and procedures to reduce bullying and how victimized children can be helped to cope more effectively.