1. Bullying

2. What is Bullying?
Seriously antisocial behavior in the form of aggression toward another person
Types:
Verbal
Social
Physical
Cyber

3. Who is Involved? There are the bullies and the victims
Oftentimes bullying is associated with children
Bullying happens at every age
Bullies and victims are of all races, sexes, creeds, and backgrounds
Essentially, anyone could be involved somehow

4. Where Does this Occur? It can happen in many places such as:
School
Work
Computer (cyber bullying)
Restaurants
Cinemas
Home
Unfortunately, bullying can happen anywhere

5. Why Does this Happen?
There are many reasons bullying may occur such as:
It reflects societal (or any other influential sphere’s) attitudes
Students aren’t being educated
Aggressive students take leadership roles and use them to lash out
Groupthink

6. How Should we Address this Issue?
There are many ways to help the fight against bullying:
Train children that bullying is wrong
Train children while young to recognize
warning signs
Provide services to address the
psychological needs of bullies and
bullying victims
Have more adult accountability (especially
from parents)

7. Questions/Comments
Can you think of an example of how someone might be bullied in school? In the workplace?
What practical ways should we go about addressing bullying as a society?
Who is most at fault? Anyone?
Are all bullies just bad people?