Bullying

What is Bullying? Bullying is when kids hurt or scare other kids on purpose. Bullying can hurt everyone. Kids who are bullied sometimes have a hard time standing up for themselves.
Types ofBullying
Bullying can take many forms. Examples include:
* Verbal: name-calling, teasing
* Social: spreading rumors, leaving people out on purpose, breaking up friendships 
* Physical: hitting,punching, shoving
* Cyberbullying: using the Internet, mobile phones or other digital technologies to harm others

Cyberbullying, instead of happening face-to-face, happens through the use oftechnology such as computers, cell phones and other electronic devices. Cyberbullying peaks around the end of middle school and the beginning of high school.
Examples of cyberbullying include:
*Sending hurtful, rude, or mean text messages to others
* Spreading rumors or lies about others by e-mail or on social networks
* Creating websites, videos or social media profiles thatembarrass, humiliate, or make fun of others
Bullying online is very different from face-to-face bullying because messages and images can be:
* Sent 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year* Shared to a very wide audience
* Sent anonymously.
Effects of Cyberbullying
Research on cyberbullying has found that students involved are more likely to:
* Be unwilling to attend school* Receive poor grades
* Have lower self-esteem
* Have more health problems
Are You Being Bullied?
What can you do?
* Speak up against bullying. Say something like, “stop it.”
*Walk away. Act like you do not care, even if you really do.
* Tell an adult you trust. They may have ideas about what you can do.
* Stick together. Staying with a group might help.
Things toremember...
* You are not alone.
* It is not your fault. Nobody should be bullied!
* Talk to someone you trust.  
* Do not hurt yourself.
* Do not bully back. Do not bully anyone...