Actual Reality: Act Up, Stop Bullying!

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The End of Bullying Begins With

You!

What is bullying?

How can I identify a bully?

Is my child a victim of bullying?

How can I prevent bullying?


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What is Bullying?

Where does it happen?

Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior amongschool aged children that involves a real orperceived power imbalance.

The behavior is repeated, or has the potential tobe repeated, over time.

Bullying can occur during or after school hours,even on the Internet.

There are three types of bullying: Verbal Social

Physical


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Verbal Bullying

Verbal Bullying includes:

Teasing

Name-calling

Inappropriate sexual comments

Taunting

Threatening to cause harm


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Physical Bullying

Physical Bullying includes:

Hitting/kicking/pinching

Spitting

Tripping/pushing

Taking or breaking someones things

Making mean or rude hand gestures


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Identifying a Bully

Bullies typically are:

Aggressive

Easily Frustrated Have less parental involvement

Think poorly of others

Demonstrate deliberate disobedience frequently

View violence in a positive way

Bullies may also have a group of friends whotypically pick on others as well.


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Identifying Bully

Bullies may also get into physical or verbal fights

Have unexplained money or new belongings

Blame others for personal problems

Cant or wont accept responsibility for their

actions

Frequently get sent to the authorities or

principals office for misdemeanors.

May have a track record with local authorities.


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Children who are bullied generally:

Are perceived as different from their peers, or outof the norm (students may be overweight, new to

town, or not part of the cool crowd) Areperceived as weak or unable to defendthemselves.

Are depressed, anxious, or have low self esteem.

May have unexplainable injuries Have destroyed personal items

May have frequent headaches, or stomach aches.


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A victim of bullying may also: Change their eating habits

Have difficulty sleeping

Sudden loss of friends

Avoid social situations

Try to skip school, or fake sickness in order to stayhome.

Exhibit self-destructive behaviors such as: Running away from home Self-harm

Talk of suicide


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Why Hasnt My Child Told Me?

Statistics from the 20082009 School CrimeSupplement show that an adult was notified in onlyabout a third of bullying cases.

Your child may not have told you for a number of

reasons: Bullying can cause feelings of helplessness: your child may

want to handle it on their own.

Your child has told a trusted adult, and may have been toldto stand up for themselves or deal with it.

Your child may fear backlash from the bully. Kids who are bullied may feel socially isolated, and may

feel like no one cares or could understand.
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How can I help my child prevent

bullying?

Be a good role model to your children andothers.

Encourage them to be good role models!

Talk to your children about bullying- helpthem understand how it affects others.

What does bullying mean to you?

Have you ever seen someone be bullied/bullysomeone else?

What do you think you can do to stop bullying?


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What can I do to prevent bullying?

Do: Intervene immediately!

Make sure everyone is safe.

Seek Medical Help if Necessary

Call the Police if:

A weapon is involved There are threats of serious physical injury

There is serious bodily harm.

Anyone is accused of an illegal act.

Stay Calm.

Dont: Dont ignore it.

Dont force other kids to publicly confess what they saw.

Try not to embarrass the children.

Dont force those involved to apologize on the spot.


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Actual Reality! Act up! Stop Bullying! Be a part of the solution! Even if you feel like a raindrop in an

ocean, what is any ocean but a multitude of drops? David

Mitchell, Cloud Atlas. If you are being bullied and need to talk to someone about your

feelings of hopelessness or thoughts of suicide, but dont knowwho, you can call one of these numbers for immediate assistance

1-800-RUNAWAY

1-800-273-TALK (8255)

As a parent, you can educate your kids in ways that are easy toaccess and understand, such as these websites: http://www.pbskids.org

http://kidshealth.org/kid/grow/school_stuff/bullies.html http://www.stopbullying.gov/respond/be-more-than-a-

bystander/index.html

http://www.stopbullying.gov/kids


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Works Cited

http://www.stopbullying.gov

http://www.pacer.org/bullying/getinvolved/

http://pbskids.org http://www.cdc.gov/

Berger, K.S. (2009). The Developing Person

Through Childhood . New York: WorthPublishers. 5th Edition.
http://www.stopbullying.gov/http://www.pacer.org/bullying/getinvolved/http://pbskids.org/http://www.cdc.gov/http://www.cdc.gov/http://pbskids.org/http://www.pacer.org/bullying/getinvolved/http://www.stopbullying.gov/

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