What is Bullying?

Bullying can be defined legally as acts of written or spoken words that are meant to intimidate or harm a person including their property.

Types of Bullying?

Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things. Verbal bullying includes:
- Teasing
- Name-calling
- Inappropriate sexual comments
- Taunting
- Threatening to cause harm
Social bullying, sometimes referred to as relational bullying, involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships. Social bullying includes:
- Leaving someone out on purpose
- Telling other children not to be friends with someone
- Spreading rumors about someone
- Embarrassing someone in public
Physical bullying involves hurting a person’s body or possessions. Physical bullying includes:
- Hitting/kicking/pinching
- Spitting
- Tripping/pushing
- Taking or breaking someone’s things
- Making mean or rude hand gestures
Types of Bullying
http://www.ncschoolcounselor.org/Resources/Documents/Responsive%20Services%20Docs/Bullying%20Prevention/types%20of%20bullying.pdf

What Parents Should Know About Bullying
Bullying can be an isolating experience — not just for the kids involved — but for their parents, too. Fortunately, there is help. This guide offers a comprehensive overview for parents to learn what they can do to address and prevent bullying.
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/a-new-parents-guide-to-social-media Bully Prevention / NCDPI

Aggressive and unwanted behavior is another way of defining bullying among school aged children. It can seen as a real or even perceived form of gaining power. It is not a one time occurrence but happens repetitively, over time. (definition by stopbullying.gov).

In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and include:

An Imbalance of Power: Kids who bully use their power — such as physical strength, access to embarrassing information, or popularity — to control or harm others. Power imbalances can change over time and in different situations, even if they involve the same people.
Repetition: Bullying behaviors happen more than once or have the potential to happen more than once.

Bullying Info and Facts
http://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/info-facts.asp

Bullying Prevention Resources
http://www.stopbullying.gov/
http://www.pacer.org/bullying/
http://www.pbis.org/school/bully-prevention
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/cyberbullying
http://www.pacer.org/bullying/

Bullying Prevention: Steps to Address Bullying in Schools
http://www.ncschoolcounselor.org/Resources/Documents/Responsive%20Services%20Docs/Bullying%20Prevention/steps%20to%20address%20bullying.pdf

Public Schools of Robeson County