Bullying Awareness
All you need to know about bullying
What is bullying?
There are also different types of bullying. The three main types of bullying are cyber, verbal and physical bullying.
- Cyber bullying is when someone is being bullied over the internet or social media.
- A cyber bully is too cowardly to bully in front of someone's face so they do it over the internet where they think their identity remains anonymous.
- Verbal bullying is when you bully someone by saying bad things about them to their face or behind their back.
- Physical bullying is when the bully physically harms the target by making physical contact with them.
Who does bullying involve and affect? What are the impacts on the people involved in bullying?
- The bully is the person or group of people bullying a target.
- The target is the person being bullied.
- The by standers are the people that follow the bully. The by standers don't do anything bad but are still considered bullies because they support the bully and don't have their own opinions. By standers follow the bully and pretend to be the bully's friend so the bully will not harm them.
- The defender is someone who stands up for the target.
Research shows that people who bully others get into frequent fights, show poor grades, smoke and vandalize property. Bullying affects the target the most though. Bullying affects the target's self confidence, their emotions and feelings, their relationships with other people and it takes away from the target's sense of safety. It also may affect the target physically (ex. getting headaches or not wanting to go to school). The by standers don't do anything but they still get feelings of guilt and nervousness because they are afraid to be the next target. The defender is affected because there is a strong chance the defender will be teased for helping the target and might become the next target. Bullying affects everyone even the people doing the right thing.
Bullying Incident Report
Bullying Descriptors
Bully Acronym
Bullying facts and statistics in Canada
- "Canada has the 9th highest rating of bullying in 13 year olds out of 35 countries."
- "65% of kids have been bullied at school and 12% of those kids bullied at school were bullied once or more times a week."
- "13% kids bullied others once or more than once at their school."
- "64% of kids considered bullying as a normal part of a school life."
- "20-50% of kids said bullying can be a good thing and 25-33% of people said it's okay to pick on kids that are losers and bullying people."
- "On an average, bullying occurs every 7 minutes on the playground and every 25 minutes in the classroom."
- "61-80% of people said bullies are often popular and enjoy high status among their peers."
What to do if you are being bullied
Email: info@kidshelpphone.ca
Website: http://www.kidshelpphone.ca/teens/home/splash.aspx
Location: 300-439 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Y8, Canada
Phone: 1 800-668-6868
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Twitter: @KidsHelpPhone
How can you help?
- The first step is to confront the bully on your own and let him/her know that you will not tolerate this behaviour.
- If the bully continues to harass the target then the next step would be to tell an adult (ex. guidance counsellor, parent, trusted teacher).
- If the bullying gets extremely serious (ex. death threats or aggressive messages) the police may need to be contacted (only ever contact the police in serious cases)
List of Sources
- http://www.gomasa.org/news/what-effect-does-bullying-have-students-and-schools
- http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/45838.html
- http://www.stopabully.ca/bullying-resources/bullying-statistics
- http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/k12/bullying/whatis.html
- http://www.kidshelpphone.ca/Teens/InfoBooth/Bullying/What-is-bullying.aspx