How Labels and Stereotypes Lead to Bullying

How Labels and Stereotypes Lead to Bullying

When we think or say something about an entire group of people (like jocks are stupid, or preppies are stuck up,) we are using a label or a stereotype. Stereotypes give you the idea that all members of a group are just the same. Stereotypes and labels can be negative...
Name-calling and What to Do About It

Name-calling and What to Do About It

Verbal bullying is speaking to a person or about a person in an unkind or hurtful way. Verbal abuse or name-calling is just as, if not more harmful to a person’s self-confidence than physical bullying. Name-calling can lead to other forms of bullying as well. Words...
The Bystander

The Bystander

Although bullying happens a lot, that doesn’t mean it’s normal and that we have to accept it. Bullying is wrong. A bystander is the person who happens to be watching when bullying occurs. Bystanders might not think they can help in a bullying situation because they...
Have You Ever Bullied?

Have You Ever Bullied?

Who bullies and why do they deliberately do something that hurts someone else? A person who bullies is someone who hurts another person on purpose. A person who bullies has a strong need to hurt others so he or she can get power, fame or popularity. Anyone can act...
Ways Kids Bully

Ways Kids Bully

If we can spot the different forms of bullying when they happen, it becomes easier to speak up or get help. People are bullied in lots of different ways: Physical: biting, kicking, pushing, pinching, hitting, pulling hair, or breaking or stealing someone’s belongings...
What To Do if You’re Bullied

What To Do if You’re Bullied

Sometimes people who are bullied can feel alone, sad, and depressed. They think there is nothing to do and no one to talk to about bullying. But people who are bullied do not need to feel helpless or alone. Here are some ways people who are bullied can help take...