What is Bullying
What is Bullying
Bullying is when someone or a group of people with more power repeatedly and intentionally causes hurt or harm to another person or group of people who feel helpless to respond. Bullying can continue over time, is often hidden from adults and will probably continue if no action is taken.
Bullying includes actions such as:
· Making threats
· Spreading rumour
· Attacking someone physically or verbally
· Excluding someone from a group on purpose.
Bullying isn't:
· Single episodes of social rejection or dislike
· Single episode acts of nastiness or spite
· Random acts of aggression or intimidation
· Mutual arguments, disagreements or fights.
These actions can cause great distress. However, they're not examples of bullying unless someone is deliberately and repeatedly doing them to you.
Bullying is when someone or a group of people with more power repeatedly and intentionally causes hurt or harm to another person or group of people who feel helpless to respond. Bullying can continue over time, is often hidden from adults and will probably continue if no action is taken.
Bullying includes actions such as:
· Making threats
· Spreading rumour
· Attacking someone physically or verbally
· Excluding someone from a group on purpose.
Bullying isn't:
· Single episodes of social rejection or dislike
· Single episode acts of nastiness or spite
· Random acts of aggression or intimidation
· Mutual arguments, disagreements or fights.
These actions can cause great distress. However, they're not examples of bullying unless someone is deliberately and repeatedly doing them to you.