Comments (0) Research shows that bullying can be a sign of other serious antisocial and/or violent behavior. Children who frequently bully their peers are more likely than others to:
Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
There are many signs that a child is being bullied. Some signs to look for:
Source: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Not only can bullying hurt someone’s feelings, it can have other more serious effects. Some problems can even last until you are an adult! Bullying can play a role in:
Bullying others or being bullied can hurt someone both physically and emotionally — and have effects even after you become an adult!
If you are being bullied by someone, it’s ok to ask for help if you are experiencing any of the effects listed above. Teachers, parents, a doctor or nurse, and other trusted adults should be able to help you.
Source: Office on Women’s Health.
Bullying is when one person or a group of people scare or hurt someone else over and over again. Bullies hurt others who are often weaker or less confident. Bullying is often done on purpose and it can happen anywhere, such as at school, in the park, on a sports team, or even at home. Often the person being bullied has a hard time defending herself.
There are many types of bullying. Bullying can be:
Bullying doesn’t just happen between girls. Did you know that sometimes adults bully kids? This doesn’t happen often, but it does happen sometimes. Bullying can happen when one person has power over another person. Teachers and coaches have power over students. Anytime a person hurts another person on purpose (either with words or actions), over and over again, this is bullying.
Also, girls sometimes bully boys. Girls may call a boy “gay” or hit a boy because they know he can’t hit them back.
Source: Office on Women’s Health
Cyberbullying is hurting someone else over and over again through the Internet or a cell phone. So, instead of whispering a rumor to a friend, a bully might e-mail the rumor or post it on Facebook for everyone to see! Or, a bully might use technology to ignore you. (An example of this would be a friend ignoring your e-mails or IMs all of a sudden.)
Cyberbullying happens most often through:
Many teens today, especially girls, use technology to bully others. Teens may be more likely to cyberbully because they feel protected by the Internet. It’s much easier to type mean words to someone than to say them in person, but that doesn’t make them any less hurtful.
Source: Office on Women’s Health
Boys and girls who engage in bullying behavior tend to have a need to feel powerful and in control. They seem to get satisfaction from inflicting pain or hurting their peers, both physically and emotionally.
Source: SAMHSA. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Questions:
Source: the National Mental Health Information Center
Did you know that research has found that remarkable things can happen if parents and caregivers spent at least 15 minutes of undivided time a day listening and talking with their children? Research also tells us that children really do look to their parents and caregivers for advice and help about difficult choices and decisions.
The document in your hands right now and other companion materials about bullying are part of 15+ Make Time to Listen…Take Time to Talk, an Initiative developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to promote healthy child development and to prevent youth and school-based violence.
The initiative builds on both the value children place on the advice they get from important adults in their lives and the benefits of those special 15 minutes each day. The listening and talking theme, however, also can be adapted by teachers, counselors, and other adults who are involved in the lives and futures of children.
Whether focused on bullying – as in this part of the Initiative – or on general principles of healthy development and behavior, the messages exchanged between children and their parents and caregivers in just these 15 minutes or more a day, can be instrumental in building a healthier and safer future for children as individuals, family members, and active and engaged participants in the life of their communities.
Source: U.S. Deparment of Health and Human Services
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