How To Stop Bullying

How To Stop Bullying

· Bullying is a very serious problem and there are many things which can be done to prevent bullying and to stop it from happening to you or a close friend.
· One thing you can do is to stand up against bullying and have a zero tolerance for any bullying occurring.
· Another thing is to not partake in bullying, because it is a serious issue and it causes people extreme pain and grief that you would not like to go through. Treat others how you want to be treated.
· If you see someone being bullied, stand up to the bullies, and help the bullying victim. You should always tell someone about the situation to stop it from happening.
· Tell people who are being bullied to tell someone older such as a parent, or encourage them to go to a guidance counsellor so that they can have some sense of security and protection.

Statistic About Bullying

Bullying Statistics

· 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.
· 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.
· Bullying statistics show that 77% of students are bullied mentally, verbally, & physically.
· 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.

Types Of Bullying

· Types Of Bullying
Physical School Bullying, emotional indirect bullying, verbal bullying, electronic bullying (cyber-bullying), sexual bullying, school shootings, social bullying and intimidation.

Physical Bulling
Physical bullying is when any form of physical contact between any group of people that hurts or injures a person. For example; punching, kicking, or hitting the person is a form of physical bullying. Retrieving and destroying an item that belongs to someone else is another form of physical bullying as well as pushing or shoving people to the ground. Around 30.5% of bullying in middle and elementary schools is physical bullying.

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Verbal Bullying
Verbal Bullying involved a person using words to torment or tease a person. This can mean name-calling, making offensive remarks to people or harshly joking about a person’s ethnicity, gender or religion, or background, family wealth or their appearance. An example of this is when a person wears glasses, and then the person is teased for this reason and receives a bad name because of their look.

Indirect Bullying
Indirect bullying can be bullying that does not seem obvious but is a discreet act that is intentional in hurting the victim chosen. It could be when a person is being purposely excluded or left out from the group, a person being ignored, when someone spreads rumours and talks behind your back, backstabbing, gossiping, glaring and people and giving people threatening looks.

Technological Bullying
Technological bullying is when a person is bullied through the use of technology and can be classified as a form of indirect bullying. Some examples are when people use technology such as the internet and websites like Facebook and other social networking sites to anonymously bully people. Sometimes people may create websites that purposely put down people and embarrass others by putting on photos and written bullying on blogs and comments. Other people also use technology such as instant messaging or online chat rooms and abuse them through chat. Text bullying is also a serious thing and is a regular occurrence that is growing in this day and age; people can receive abusive and anonymous texts that degrade some people. When someone uses a camera phone, or a video camera to film someone being attacked or bullied; it is called happy slapping. Happy slapping is a serious offence and should be reported. Pranks calls and calls that are abusive and silent are also a form of technological bullying.

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Why Do People Become Bullies?

· Why do people become bullies?
Many people bully out of jealousy, to gain attention, for popularity, to make themselves feel better, to receive what they want and for ‘fun’ because they enjoy hurting others.

http://www.surfinthespirit.com/teens/whybully.html

There are many factors such as depression, personality disorders, quick to anger, the use of force, addiction to aggressive behaviours, misjudging other’s actions as hostile, worried about the preservation of their self image, and engaging in acts that are obsessive or rigid.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying

What Is Bullying?

· What is bullying?
Bullying is when a person or a group of people use their ‘power’ to hurt someone else. It is a form of abuse and can be physical, mental or emotional bullying. There can be several forms of bullying including verbal abuse, physical abuse, exclusion, peer pressure, threatening, backstabbing, stealing and frightening people.

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Bullying is a behavioural issue and should be treated seriously. Bullying is also a form of abuse.

Bullying can be when someone is hurt from within or from the outside. Bullying is never accidental and is usually done on purpose. For example when someone accidentally hurts you while playing a game, it would not be classified as bullying, but whenever you play a game and a person targets you to hurt you on a regular basis, then it is classified as bullying.

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