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How To Stop Bullying
How To Stop Bullying
Did you know that over 50% of students are being bullied today? There are different things that kids, schools and parents can do to make that number go down to 0.
What Kids Can Do
What Kids Can Do
These are the things that kids can do to stop bullying.
The first way is to tell someone. Try to build up the confidence to tell someone. Tell your parents, teachers or guidance counselor. Someone you trust and feel comfortable talking to. Say something like, “Hey I’m being bullied do you think you could help me.” If you don’t feel comfortable talking to that person face to face, email or call them instead. Anyway you choose, just TELL SOMEONE! Trust me, it will feel and be a lot better if you do. A boy named Josh confirms it.
“In my first year of middle school, kids taunted me and spit on me in hallways. It didn’t occur to me to tell my parents or teachers. Finally, when a group of 20 kids threatened to beat me up at the car wash the next day, I told my older brother, who in turn informed my parents. My dad looked up my main tormentor’s phone number in the phone book and told her dad to make his daughter stop or he’d contact the police. It worked.” Says Josh’s story: getting bullied at school on www.greatschools.org.
The second way is to be the bigger person. Be brave. Look the bully in the eye and yell something like, “STOP!” Don’t scrunch down, stand tall with your shoulders back and tell them what’s up! Brush it off and act like it doesn’t bother you. The bully will give up and stop trying. They’ll stop targeting you and move on. I did this once, and it worked! Be confident. If you see someone else getting bullied, stand up for them. Be the person’s defender and let them know that you have their back.
The next way is to stay calm. Breathe. Do yoga, dance, color, draw, exercise, meditate. This will calm you down and help you stay calm. Try not to let it get to you. If you start thinking about it, think of something else. Like happy things or getting an A+ on your test.
The last way is to start a anti bullying group. Make a group where no bullying is allowed. It can be a place where people who are being bullied can go to feel safe and loved. A girl named Emily-Anne Rigal did that! She was bullied for her looks, her style and what she liked. So when she was 16, she started a WeStopHate YouTube channel. People from all around the world sent Emily storytimes of when they were bullied, and it helped students see that they weren’t alone.
What Schools Can Do
What Schools Can Do
The first thing that schools can do to stop bullying is give out in-school-suspensions. If you give kids suspensions at home, they usually think of it as a free vacation and don’t learn a lesson about what they did. But in-school-suspensions teach kids lessons. They need to do work all day and hopefully learn that what they did was bad.
The second thing is to pay attention more. In schools, teachers and staff say that they do not tolerate bullying, but they don’t really pay much attention all the time. Some kid might be bullied really bad, but teachers don’t notice. That’s why teachers and staff need to pay more attention to students and be more strict about it.
The last thing is to get big rectangle tables at lunch. I’ve noticed at lunch that kids are throwing food, yelling to each other and hurting each other at lunch. I’ve also seen kids sitting alone at tables for the whole lunch time. I’ve seen food being thrown at them and getting teased because they’re sitting alone. In my Elementary school, we had big rectangle tables that could fit a ton of people. It would be easier because no one would feel left out and no one would be sitting alone.
What Parents Can Do
What Parents Can Do
The first thing that the parents of a bully should do is to decide on an appropriate punishment. I know that it seems like a simple thing to do, but it does something. Don’t physically hurt them, but rather take something away, speak to them, ground them for a month. Kids need to be disciplined when they do something bad. If you don’t tell them that what they’re doing is wrong, they’ll think it’s fine and keep on doing it.
Now if your child is the one being bullied, have a nice talk with them. Tell them that you will fix the problem and help. Let your child know that it’s okay and it will get stopped immediately. Tell your child's principal. He/she should take care of the problem. I have a personal story to share about that.
“When I was still in Elementary school, I was getting bullied by my friend at the time because I was “overreacting and being dramatic.” I told my mom and dad, and they told my principal. In my school, we had a teacher named, Miss. Lockin. She helps kids when they are feeling uncomfortable or to talk with them. She’s basically a student councilor. She called me and my friend to her office. We talked about what was going on and she fixed it. “
The last thing is to teach your child how to be brave and stand up to a bully or someone else who’s being bullied. Tell your child something like, “If someone is ever bullying you, you need to tell your teacher or me. Stand up and yell, STOP!!! Be confident and look bigger then them. Stand up tall with your shoulders back and be brave.”
Despite all of the bullies in school and or in our lives, people like me and you can stop bullying. Be a part of that, and help our world stop bullying for good. We can change the world and do whatever it takes to stop bullying!
Glossary
Glossary
Taunted - provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks.
Tolerate - allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one does not necessarily like or agree with) without interference.
Informed - having or showing knowledge of a particular subject or situation.
Storytimes - The time at which a story is told.
Tormentor - a person who inflicts severe mental or physical suffering on someone.
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