Bullying Prevention Month and Why It Is Important

Ciao royals, today’s “lesson” is about Octobers significance as Bullying Prevention Month.

In America, October is National Bullying Prevention Month.

STATISTICS:

In a 2011 study, it was found that 28% of U.S. students in grades 6–12 experienced bullying, 70.6% of young people say they have seen bullying in their schools, and 15% of high school students (grades 9–12) were electronically bullied in the past year. (SOURCE- StopBullying.gov)

What is Bullying?

Bullying can be defined as repeated unwanted aggressive behavior usually but not always involving a power imbalance. The important parts of this definition are:

-REPEATED: Bullying is a PATTERN of behaviors. Bullying is a repeated behavior/series of behaviors.

-UNWANTED: The target of the bullying does not want the behaviors of the bully to be occurring.

MYTHS ABOUT BULLYING:

MYTH: It is always physical.

FACT: Bullying can be repeated physical altercations, verbal abuse, emotional abuse, or slander/gossip.

MYTH: It only happens to children.

FACT: Adults can also be bullied by other adults.

MYTH: It only happens in schools.

FACT: Bullying can happen anywhere, even in a workplace.

HOW TO DEAL WITH BULLYING:

-If you are a minor, tell a trusted adult, like a teacher, school faculty member, parent, or guardian.

-If you are an adult, try to talk to the bully and tell them that what they are doing is inappropriate and unprofessional.

-If you are an adult, and the situation has escalated beyond calm conversation, bring the issue to someone like management, Human Resources, or a supervisor.

-If the bullying is occurring in an online setting, block the bully/report their hateful comments/posts.

-If you are a blogger/writer/content creator and you are receiving anon hate, turn off the anon comment privileges on your site.