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BULLYING PT.1

What is bullying?

Bullying is behaviour that hurts someone else. It includes name calling, hitting, pushing, spreading rumours, threatening or undermining someone.

It can happen anywhere – at school, at home or online. It's usually repeated over a long period of time and can hurt a child both physically and emotionally.

TYPES OF BULLYING :

There is Social, Verbal and Physical Bullying but also Prejudicial Bullying, Sexual Bullying, and Cyber Bullying.

No single sign will indicate for certain that your child's being bullied, but watch out for:

belongings getting 'lost' or damagedphysical injuries, such as unexplained bruisesbeing afraid to go to school, being mysteriously 'ill' each morning, or skipping schoolnot doing as well at schoolasking for, or stealing, money (to give to whoever's bullying them)being nervous, losing confidence, or becoming distressed and withdrawnproblems with eating or sleepingbullying others.Effects of bullying

The effects of bullying can last into adulthood. At its worst, bullying has driven children and young people to self-harm and even suicide.

Children who are bullied:

may develop mental health problems like depression and anxietyhave fewer friendshipsaren't accepted by their peersare wary and suspicious of othershave problems adjusting to school, and don't do as well.

All children who are affected by bullying can suffer harm – whether they are bullied, they bully others or they witness bullying.

Who's at risk

Any child can be bullied for any reason. If a child is seen as different in some way, or seen as an easy target they can be more at risk.

This might be because of their:

race or ethnic backgroundgendersexual orientation.

Or it could be because they:

appear anxious or have low self-esteemlack assertivenessare shy or introverted.

Popular or successful children are also bullied, sometimes because others are jealous of them. Sometimes a child's family circumstance or home life can be a reason for someone bullying them.

Disabled children can experience bullying because they seem an easy target and less able to defend themselves.