Bullying
What is bullying?
Bullying is when someone keeps doing or saying things to have power over another person.
Some of the ways they bully other people are by: calling them names, saying or writing nasty things about them, leaving them out of activities, not talking to them, threatening them, making them feel uncomfortable or scared, taking or damaging their things, hitting or kicking them, or making them do things they don't want to do.
Have any of these things happened to you? Have you done any of these things to someone else? Really, bullying is wrong behaviour which makes the person being bullied feel afraid or uncomfortable.
Why do some people bully?
There are a lot of reasons why some people bully.
They may see it as a way of being popular, or making themselves look tough and in charge.
Some bullies do it to get attention or things, or to make other people afraid of them. Others might be jealous of the person they are bullying. They may be being bullied themselves.
Some bullies may not even understand how wrong their behaviour is and how it makes the person being bullied feel.
What are the different kinds of bullying?
• The neighborhood bully
• The school bullies.
• Gangs (generally teens)
• Cyberbullying is mainly teen related
What king of things do bullies do?
They pick on people that they can get at, control, hurt and overrule. They use names, other people, emotional and physical harm, may even set people up to get in trouble for something they didn't do. Bullies are cruel, mean and most times hurting themselves from a terrible or horrific home life. They are abusive as how they are taught.
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