What is Bullying?
By Cheryl Kives Junior School Counsellor
Bullying is negative, hurtful acts that are intentional and repetitive. Bullying Behaviour involves a misuse of power to cause physical, verbal or indirect abuse of another person.
Bullying behaviour usually has some of these characteristics:
Targets a weaker person
Involves an abuse of power
Negative, hurtful behaviour
Intentional and repetitive
Bystanders play an important role in bullying. Their mere presence is support for the bully if the y don’t intervene.
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