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How do I know if my child is being bullied?
Some of the signs that a child is being bullied may include: an unwillingness or refusal to go to school, feeling ill in the mornings, wagging school, doing poorly in their school work , becoming withdrawn, starting to stammer, lacking confidence, crying themselves to sleep, having nightmares asking for money or starting to steal (to pay the bully), refusing to talk about what's wrong, having unexplained bruises, cuts, scratches, beginning to bully other children, siblings becoming aggressive and unreasonable... Dept Education, Victoria (adapted from Kidscape)
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About Bullying - Physical, Emotional and Verbal Bullying
Note from Stop-Bullies.com...What is the fascination that encourages someone to hurt or abuse another? The answer is power and control.
The following bullying statistics are several years old, it is...
Kids Against Bullying – How to Deal With Bullying
There is an interesting discourse occurring online wherein kids against bullying are putting up websites delineating the problems they face with their peers. There are websites offering kids the...
Teen Girl Bullies and Harassment – Is it a Deadly Problem?
Teen girl bullies and harassment are prevalent among schools today. While boys may bully directly by fist fighting or getting into brawls, teen girl bullies use more indirect and subtle methods...
Finding New Anti-Bullying Strategies To Effectively Deal With Bullying
There are many anti-bullying strategies one can employ when it is understood how bullying affects others, and the ways in which bullying can he harmful.
To deliberately hurt another over a period of time...
Help! My Child is a Verbal Bully
If you find yourself thinking or saying “My child is a verbal bully,” don’t despair; there are avenues open to you to seek assistance with this problem.
To understand how a child becomes...
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Types of Bullying
Direct physical bullying e.g. hitting, tripping, and pushing or damaging property.
Direct verbal bullying e.g. name calling, insults, homophobic or racist remarks, verbal abuse.
Indirect bullying - This form of bullying is harder to recognise and often carried out behind the bullied student’s back. It is designed to harm someone’s social reputation and/or cause humiliation.
Indirect bullying includes: lying and spreading rumours, playing nasty jokes to embarrass and humiliate mimicking, encouraging others to socially exclude someone, damaging someone’s social reputation and social acceptance, cyber-bullying, which involves the use of email, text messages or chat rooms to humiliate and distress.
Dept Education, Victoria
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July 21, 2007
