Bullying Defined
What Is Bullying?
Bullying is different from the typical disagreements or conflict that occur between friends or classmates. What’s the difference?
It’s bullying if:
· The person is being hurt, harmed or humiliated with words or behavior.
· The behavior is repeated, though it can be a single incident.
· It is being done intentionally.
· The person being hurt has a hard time defending themselves from the behavior.
· The student(s) who are doing it have more power.*
* ”Power” can include such things as being older, being physically bigger or stronger, having more social status, or when a group of students “gang up” on someone.
A lot of teens describe bullying as, “When someone tries to make you feel less about who you are as a person, and you aren’t able to make it stop.”
What Is Bullying?
Bullying is different from the typical disagreements or conflict that occur between friends or classmates. What’s the difference?
It’s bullying if:
· The person is being hurt, harmed or humiliated with words or behavior.
· The behavior is repeated, though it can be a single incident.
· It is being done intentionally.
· The person being hurt has a hard time defending themselves from the behavior.
· The student(s) who are doing it have more power.*
* ”Power” can include such things as being older, being physically bigger or stronger, having more social status, or when a group of students “gang up” on someone.
A lot of teens describe bullying as, “When someone tries to make you feel less about who you are as a person, and you aren’t able to make it stop.”
JEFFREY JOHNSTON: FLORIDA ANTI-BULLY LAW
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