We love to share important IEP and educational information with you. But, today we are going to move from terms and tips and share with you some facts about bullying. Last week was National Anti-Bullying Week. We are going to take some time to shed light on the importance of teaching our kids to be kind to one another.
Bullying is defined as “unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance”. Bullying has been broken down into 3 types:
- Verbal Bullying:
- Teasing
- Name Calling
- Threats
- Social Bullying: (Which is happening more and more with social media)
- Not including someone on purpose
- Spreading rumors
- Embarrassing someone
- Physical Bullying:
- Hitting someone, kicking someone
- Spitting on someone
- Breaking someone’s things
- Mean gestures towards a person
We used to think of bullying as something happening on the school playground. Because of the increase of social media use people now are able to bully others on the internet as well.
The fact is that sadly, everyone has been a victim of bullying at one point in their life. Small children are bullied, older children, teenagers, and even adults are bullied every day. We need to teach our children the power of words. Children who are bullied are most likely to suffer from problems with school, their physical and mental health as well.
This week take some time to talk to your children about bullying. Teach them about what bullying makes others feel. Kindness is a very powerful thing to teach children. We must also teach our children that it is okay to speak up. Only about 28% of 6-12 graders admitted to having been bullied. We know this number is greater, but fear and embarrassment causes many children to stay quiet and continue being the victim.
Our children with special needs are at higher risk of being bullied. It is important we take it into our hands to create a safe environment and teach other children to be accepting and loving of all children.
http://www.antibullyingweek.org/
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