What is a Bully?
A bully is someone who is habitually mean to others, inflicting both physical and psychological abuse on his or her victims. Bullies can appear at schools, in workplaces, and on the Internet. Bullying can also take on an international scale when nations bully each other with their politics and militaries. Bullying can be extremely harmful on every level, and there are a variety of ways to deal with bullies and their actions. Bullies tend to pick on targets they think are weak. Children, for example, will target children who are younger than they are, along with children who look different because of race, disabilities, or fashion sense. People who appear emotionally weak may also be targeted for bullying. Bullies themselves are often former or current victims of bullying. Children who have unstable home lives, for example, may take out their frustration and aggression on other children. Many bullies use physical intimidation and threats to frighten their victims into staying silent. A
A web page for kids who want to know a little more about what bullying really is and how we can stop it. A bully is a person who purposely tries to hurt others by: · Making them feel uncomfortable. · Hurting them by kicking, hitting, pushing, tripping, etc. · Name-calling. · Spreading nasty rumors. The bully hurts the other person over and over. The person being bullied feels that he or she can do nothing to stop it: · He or she might feel smaller or weaker than the bully. · He or she might feel outnumbered by the bully and the bully’s friends. · He or she might feel there is no help: · No one to talk to. · No one is standing up for him or her. · He or she often feels very sad, but does not know how to change the situation. Bullies can be BOYS or GIRLS!! Who do bullies pick on? · Often, bullies are bigger kids, so they pick on: · Kids they feel are smaller. · Kids they think won’t stand up to them. · Kids that have few friends to stand up for them. Why do bullies do what they do? · Som
This question was asked to a group of Second Graders. I never gave them any explanation or prompts as to what a bully is. I just wanted to see their natural responses. Here is what they said. A bully is: someone who pushes you around never leaves you alone tells you what to do picks on you calls you names says things you don’t want them to treats you badly hurts you takes your snack or lunch money is mean to you shoves threatens you beats you up takes things from you punches you insults you doesn’t care about you or your feelings embarrasses you in front of people calls you nasty names I found this to be right on target with how I was going to approach this subject. In fact, my students surprised me! They definitely know what a bully is.
Bullying behavior harms both the victim and the perpetrator. If a child experiences chronic intimidation, he or she may learn to expect this from others. He may: function iFrameHeight() { var h = 0; if ( !document.all ) { h = document.getElementById(‘blockrandom’).contentDocument.height; document.getElementById(‘blockrandom’).style.height = h + 60 + ‘px’; } else if( document.all ) { h = document.frames(‘blockrandom’).document.body.scrollHeight; document.all.blockrandom.style.height = h + 20 + ‘px’; } } No Iframes • develop a pattern of compliance with the unfair demands of those he perceives as stronger. • become anxious or depressed. • identify with the bully and become a bully himself. The bully is also harmed. If he or she is allowed to continue the behavior, it becomes habitual. He becomes more likely to surround himself with friends who condone and promote aggressive behavior. He may not develop a mature sense of justice. If he intimidates others to cover up his own insecurities,
