If you think you are being bullied, tell someone, even if you don't think it will help. Just talking about a situation can help put it in perspective. You could talk to a friend; a parent; or a trusted teacher who you know will take what you're saying seriously.
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Per StopBullying.Gov, Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems.
In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and include:
An Imbalance of Power: Kids who bully use their power—such as physical strength, access to embarrassing information, or popularity—to control or harm others. Power imbalances can change over time and in different situations, even if they involve the same people.
Repetition: Bullying behaviors happen more than once or have the potential to happen more than once.
Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.
The National Centre for Bullying identifies four types of bullying:
Physical
Physical bullying involves hurting a person’s body or possessions.
Physical bullying includes:
● Hitting/kicking/pinching
● Spitting
● Tripping/pushing
● Taking or breaking
someone’s things
● Making mean or rude
hand gestures
Verbal
Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things.
Verbal bullying includes:
● Teasing
● Name-calling
● Inappropriate comments
● Taunting
● Threatening to cause
harm
Social
Social bullying, sometimes referred to as relational bullying, involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships.
Social bullying includes:
● Leaving someone out on purpose
● Telling other children not to be friends with someone
● Spreading rumors about someone
● Embarrassing someone in public
Cyber
Cyber bullying can include:
● Abusive or hurtful texts,
emails or posts, images
or videos
● Deliberately excluding others online
● Nasty gossip or rumours
● Imitating others online
or using their log-in.
National Day of Unity
National Day of Unity
Per NationalDay, every year on the third or fourth Wednesday in October, a very special event comes around — the Day of Unity, or Unity Day, as it is commonly called, which is celebrated on October 19 this year. This is the signature event of National Bullying Prevention Month, also celebrated in October. Multiple anti-bullying campaigns — of which Unity Day is one of them, are organized during this period. The key message of this month, and this day, is to unite for kindness, courage, and inclusion, to prevent students from being bullied.
KINDNESS ACCEPTANCE INCLUSION
KINDNESS ACCEPTANCE INCLUSION
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