About Bullying

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About Bullying

• A Light Bulb Moment!

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What Is A Bully?

• A person who hurts, frightens, threatens or
  torments smaller or weaker people
• A person who seeks power over others
• 3 types of bullies
• Psychological
• Physical
• Verbal

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What Do Bullies Do?

• Call names, start rumors, tease, use physical
  violence, or threats of violence
• Get into victims minds by ignoring, intimidating,
  and making them feel uncomfortable
• Play with victims emotions through cruel pranks
  and jokes

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The Bully - Stats

• 15 of students bully regularly
• 83 of the time, bullies bully in front of their
  peers
• Bullies develop a lifelong habit that follows
  them into adulthood
• By age 24, up to 60 of bullies have at least one
  criminal conviction

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Who Are The Victims?

• Students who dont stand up for themselves
• Students who are different in some way
• Student who dont have many friends
• Students who get anxious or upset easily

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Victim - Stats

• 15 of students are bullied regularly
• Victims often keep their problem a secret
• Students are bullied every 7minutes on the
  playground and once every 25 minutes in the
  classroom

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What Are The Consequences of Bullying?

• Victims feel lonely, unhappy, frightened and show
  signs of depression
• Victims of bullying miss more school, drop-out
  more
• Some see suicide as the only alternative
• Victims carry the emotional scars of being
  bullied for a lifetime
• People DONT get over being bullied!

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Who Are Bystanders?

• Witnesses afraid to stand up to the bully or
  encourage the bully
• 4 types of bystanders Assistants Join in and
  assist bullyReinforcers Provide an audience by
  laughing and making gesturesOutsiders Stay
  away but give silent approval by allowing
  bullying to continueDefenders Help victims and
  try to stop bullying

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Bystander - Stats

• 70 of people in a bullying incident are
  bystanders
• 75 of peer interventions succeed at stopping
  bullying

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• What kind of bystander do you want to be?

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• Now that you understand the consequences of
  bullying, are you still willing to stand by and
  do nothing to stop it?

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What Can We Do?
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The light bulb momentYou have the power to
stop bullying!

• You