Bullying is hurting or doing an unwanted behavior, it is acted against a person or a group of children, or students. The aggressive behavior is done for a certain purpose and it is a repeated behavior. Thus, it is considered bullying when
there is repetition and imbalance of power between the kids who are bullied and
those who bully others.
Types of
bullying:
There are three types of
bullying:
1) Verbal bullying: is using
hurtful and unkind words. It includes: name
calling, using put-downs or threatening people.
2) Social bullying: it is
damaging others’ good relations, causing them bad reputations and starting rumors
about a person. It includes: cornering a person, making fun of him in the
public, ignoring or leaving a person out and giving dirty looks.
3) Physical bullying: It is
abusing others or destroying their stuff. It includes: hitting, biting,
breaking others’ possessions and producing unkind gestures and movements.
five tips to help preventing this problem.
The first one is practicing what you preach through
listening before talking and reflecting before acting to ensure that all of the
learners feel valued and connected to the school. This will be reflected later
in their behaviors and willingness to stop bullying and valuing each other as
humans and effective individuals.
Moreover, another tip is related to assessing the extent of the problem
through surveying students to find out how much bullying is taking place, what
types of bullying are dominant as well as where and when bullying is taking
place in order to know how to prevent it.
Another tip suggests developing a school- wide code of
conduct in which school rules and values are reinforced and unacceptable
behaviors are clearly defined. This provides students with standards to follow
and helps them better identify the inappropriate behaviors.
Furthermore, increasing adult supervision is the
fourth tip which focuses on the importance of having adults visible and
vigilant in hallways, stairwells, cafeterias, locker rooms and buses because
mostly bullying takes place when adults are not present.
Finally, the fifth tip suggests conducting bullying
prevention activities such as creative arts highlighting school values to
reinforce the idea that bullying isn’t accepted and to emphasize the importance
of building one community within the school.
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