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Bullying. Pelham City Middle School Tyler Anderson. What is bullying?. Harassment, intimidation or bullying (HIB) is any intentional written, verbal, or physical act against another individual as a show of power. True or False?. Bullying is male behavior. Once a bully always a bully.
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Bullying Pelham City Middle School Tyler Anderson
What is bullying? Harassment, intimidation or bullying (HIB) is any intentional written, verbal, or physical act against another individual as a show of power.
True or False? • Bullying is male behavior. • Once a bully always a bully. • Bullying is a normal part of growing up, mostly just teasing. • Bullies are loners, usually insecure and have few friends. • Bullying does not have a long term effect on children.
Research Shows……. • 60 % of boys identified as bullies in grades 6 to 9 had one criminal conviction and 40% had three or more. • Those identified as bullies at age 8 had a one in four chance of having a criminal record by 30. (Norm is one in 20) (Eron and Huessman, 1987) • Emotional stress from bullies can create deficits in a child’s intellectual abilities. (Goleman, 1995) • Bullying also interferes with academic development,and social and personal development. (Craig and Peplar, 1996)
Dynamics of Bullying Social Culture A G Bully Defender B Follower T Target F C Passive defender Supporter D Passive Supporter E Disengaged onlooker
Is my child being bullied? • Changes in behavior, attitude or appearance • Refusal to go to school; play sick • Skip activities that involve other students • May suddenly begin to lose money or possessions, have torn clothes with explanations that do not make sense
Cyberbullying • Cyberbullying is bullying or harassment that happens online. • Email • Text Messages • Online games • Comments on a social networking site (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter) • Rumors or images posted on someone’s profile or passed around for others to see; creating a group or page to make a person feel left out.
Bullying • Talk about it • Walk Away • Don’t hit back • Tell an adult • Find a friend • Teach empathy and perception
Cyberbullying • Be nosy! • Tell them not to respond to the bully. • Block or delete the friend
Who & When do I tell? • Teasing or bullying? If teasing continues and escalates, it becomes HIB. • Provide students a safe means to report bullying. • Students need to tell when they experience or witness a problem that they can not resolve - when what they try does not work or someone is in danger.
Some things to think about… • Do you encourage your children to stand up for themselves and could their assertiveness be construed as bullying? • Are you confrontational? • Are you critical of teaching staff in front of your child? • Do you try to work with the school on problems? • Do you tell your children to hit back? • Are you aggressive if another parent complaints to you about bullying? • Do you give your children space to talk about things that may be upsetting them?