BULLYING
Words that mean to bully:
• Antagonize
• Browbeat
• Bulldoze
• Intimidate
• Make fun of
• Mock
• Oppress
• Persecute
• Pest
• Pick on
• Tease
• Torment
How?
It can start with YOU!
No one is worthless. Everyone has value and deserves
respect. Bullying is based on the belief that another person
is lesser and does not deserve respect. That is false.
Physical Bullying
:
pushing, pulling, grabbing, pinching, hitting, roughing
up, intimidating, and any form of abuse involving physical
contact.
Verbal Bullying:
name calling, rumor spreading, putting down, slandering,
and any form of speaking mean things about or to another
person.
Cyber Bullying:
unkind texts, unkind emails, unkind posts on Face Book or
Twitter, or spreading harmful information about another
person through electronic media.
What should you do if you see
another person being bullied?
It’s hard to get involved. You may fear that you’ll be the
next target if you stand up for someone who is being
bullied. That may be true. But think about how you
would feel if you were that person being bullied. How
would you feel if another person stood up for you? How
would you feel if no one stood up for you?
Things you can do to help someone being bullied are:
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Standwith the person being bullied.
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Ask the bully to stop.
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Ask the person being bullied
if he or she needs help.
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Get help from a trusted adult.
Put an End
to Bullying.
People say a lot of things about bullying.
What is
TRUE
and what is
FALSE
?
You cannot stop a bully
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FALSE
Every human being deserves respect
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TRUE
A bully rules the school
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FALSE
Bullies must be stopped
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TRUE
A bully is better than everyone else
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FALSE
You are not alone
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TRUE
What are the various forms of bullying?
Who are the bullies and how can you identify them?
A bully puts another person down to build him or herself up
through various forms of meanness.
Does that mean that bullying occurs only
when someone is physically injured?
NO!
Bullying can do serious
damage to a person’s
feelings and emotions too.
What is bullying?
Bullying is trying to
harm another person.
What should you do if you
are being bullied?
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Don’t react to the bully.
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Stay calm.
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Ignore the bully.
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Walk away.
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Find friends to be with whenever
the bully is around.
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Don’t keep the situation a secret.
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Talk to an adult about the problem.
What to do...
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ords that mean to bul y:
• Antagonize
• Browbeat
• Bul doze
• Intimidate
• Make fun of
• Mock
• Op res
• Persecute
• Pest
• Pick on
• Tease
• Torment
It c st rt wit Y !
No one is worthles . Everyone has value and deserves
respect. Bullying is based on the belief that another person
is les er and does not deserve respect. That is false.
Physical Bul ying
:
pushing, pulling, grab ing, pinching, hit ing, roughing
up, intimidating, and any form of abuse involving physical
contact.
erbal Bul ying:
na e calling, ru or spreading, put ing down, slandering,
and any form of speaking mean things about or to another
person.
Cyber Bul ying:
unkind texts, unkind e ails, unkind posts on Face Bo k or
Twit er, or spreading harmful information about another
person through electronic media.
hat should you do if you se
another person being bul ied?
It’s hard to get involved. You may fear that you’ll be the
next arget if you stand up for so eone who is being
bullied. That may be true. But hink about how you
would fe l if you were that person being bullied. How
would you fe l if another person sto d up for you? How
would you fe l if no one sto d up for you?
Things you can do to help so eone being bullied are:
Standwith the person being bullied.
Ask the bully to stop.
Ask the person being bullied
if he or she ne ds help.
Get help fro a trusted adult.
.
People say a lot of things about bul ying.
t is
w t is
F LSE
You can ot stop a bul y
.
FALSE
Every hu an being deserves respect
.
TRUE
A bul y rules the scho l
.
FALSE
Bul ies must be stop ed
.
TRUE
A bul y is bet er than everyone else
.
FALSE
You are not alone
.
TRUE
hat are the various for s of bul yin ?
ho are the bul ies and how can you identify the ?
A bully puts another person down to build him or herself up
through various forms of mean es .
Does that mean that bul ying oc urs only
when so eone is physical y injured?
NO!
Bullying can do serious
da age to a person’s
fe lings and e otions to .
i l i
ul ying is trying to
har another person.
hat should you do if you
are being bul ied?
Don’t react o the bully.
Stay calm.
Ignore the bully.
Walk away.
Find friends to be with whenever
the bully is around.
Don’t ke p the situation a secret.
Talk to an adult about he proble .
.
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