No Bullying Allowed!

Today students are no strangers to bullying at school, at play and in cyberspace. It is a serious problem. Bullying is targeted ongoing negative behavior that targets one individual or a specific group. Adults and teachers need to teach children to speak and stand up against bullying. For more information click here - The Georgia Bullying Law

What is Bullying?

Kids Health.org defines bullying as when one person is targeted over and over again by an individual or group with more power, either in terms of physical strength or social standing.

Bullying. org defines bullying as a conscious, willful, deliberate, hostile and repeated behavior by one or more people,

Bullying.org states that bullying is the assertion of power through aggression. Its forms change with age and can start with playground bullying.

“Bullying is not about anger."

It is not a conflict to be resolved, it’s about contempt –a powerful feeling of dislike toward someone considered to be worthless, inferior or undeserving of respect. Students may feel they have the right to hurt or control others, an intolerance towards difference, and a freedom to exclude, bar, isolate and segregate others” (Barbara Coloroso “The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander)

School Myth:

“If I tell someone, it will just make it worse."

Fact:

Research shows that bullying will stop when adults and peers get involved and students stand up and tell.

For more information, visit these sites:

	Bullying Tool Kit-Ga Dept. of Education
	National Bullying Prevention Center
	Bully Prevention
	STOMP Out Bullying
	A Call to Stop Bullying
	Stop Bullying Now
	Bullying and Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying Quiz: Am I being bullied online? (Self Assessment)	Are you being bullied online?
	Bullying at Pete's Power Point Station