Bullying…What you can do

about it

Who is Involved?

Who are the three people involved in bullying situations?

Definition of Bullying–“Bullying is when a stronger, more powerful person hurts or

frightens a smaller or weaker person on purpose and repeatedly (more than once)”

bully victim

witness

Physical Bullying

-Physically hurting someone or

threatening to hurt them.

-Taking or damaging someone’s property

Some things you can do…

Don't walk alone Don't bring

expensive things or money to school

Find an adult Avoid unsupervised

areas and places where bullying

happens.

Verbal Bullying

Using words to hurt or humiliate someone

name callingcursing

put downs

Some things you can do…

Don't walk alone Turn a comment into a

joke Ignore the bully – Pretend

you didn’t hear them Brainstorm bully

comebacks and practice them ahead of time

Walk away

Relational Bullying

-Trying to convince others to exclude or reject

another student.-Cutting a student off from

having friends.-Using your friendship to

control someone. -Telling others not to talk or play

with another student-Spreading rumors about someone

-Clubs-Using your friendship to control

someone

Some things you can do…Don't continue a

rumor Work on making new

friends Talk to someone ahead of time to ask

them to sit with you at lunch or play with you

at recess Ask for help from an

adult

Cyber Bullying

-Bullying that happens through technology— the computer or text

messages. 

-The programs that are used to cyber bully: email

IM (Instant Messenger)Websites or My Space

Blogs Chat Rooms

Some things you can do…

Don’t respond to emails or messages that are mean to

you or your friends.

Don't open emails or messages from someone you

know is a bully or save or print all messages from the bully.

Show the messages to an adult you trust - like a parent

or a teacher - and ask for help.

Ways to prevent Cyber Bullying…

Never give anyone your password, even your best friend. Only your parents.

Don't share personal information: secrets, photos, or anything online that might be embarrassing if someone found out.

Set up email and IM accounts with your parents. Make sure not to put your name, age, address, or phone number in your profile.

Don't send messages when you're angry. Wait until you cool off so you don't say something you'll regret.

Be a good cyber friend-don't send emails or instant messages written by a friend to anyone else.

The Witness…What to do if you see someone being bullied

Witness Strategies

Be A Friend

If you see someone being picked on, be a friend and walk away from the bully together.

OR If you know someone that gets picked on, ask them to play with you.

Witness StrategiesStand Up to the Bully

Tell the bully to stop.

Examples: "Cut it out!", "That's not funny!", "How'd you like it if someone did that to you?“ “Cool It”

Witness StrategiesCoach the victim

Make sure the kid who's being bulliedtells his parents, or a teacher.

Offer to go with him if it will help.

If he/she doesn't want to talk to anybody, offer to talk to someone for them.

Witness StrategiesRelational Bullying…

If someone is trying to exclude someone or hurt their reputation, you can…

Include that person in your groupStop a rumor from spreading

DON’T let yourself get in the middle…don’t be the messenger!

Witness StrategiesWhat if your friend is the bully?

(1) Talk to your friend : “Hey…leave him alone”.(2) Distract him…”Oh look…let’s play kickball

with those kids”(3) Evaluate your friendship…

Is this the reputation you want?

Is this the kind of person you want to spend time with? You can still be happy without being in the “popular”

group.

Relational Bullying

Relational Verbal

Relational

A girl in your class gets other students on the bus to laugh at a girl and talk about her behind her back.

A boy in your class controls the sports outside and won’t let two boys in your class play.

A girl in your class is constantly making fun of another girls clothes and who she hangs out with

A boy in your class is constantly yelling at another kid in kickball and keeps him from sitting with the other guys at recess.

Verbal