​National Bullying Prevention Month: Help Your Kids Understand The Difference Between Bullying & Teasing

What makes a bully? Is it a malicious desire to hurt another person? A person lashing out because of problems at home? A need to seem tough in a world that is out of their control? There is no single formula for those we have come to see as bullies and the definition is pretty broad. The facts about bullying are less vague. According to Stop Bullying, as many as one in three children has reported being bullied at some point in their life. While some of this is done in elementary and high school, the bulk of it seems to be in those middle years of junior high.  More alarming is the impact. The National Institute of Health has found in numerous studies that bullying causes social, emotional, mental and even physical damage in the short and long term. Not only that, but those who are the bullies themselves have an increased risk of depression. It isn’t just the victims who suffer, the aggressors suffer as well. “We Were Only Fooling Around!” One of the major reasons bullying isn’t addressed is the idea of teasing versus bullying. How often have you heard the phrase, “it was just a joke”? Or accused someone of being too sensitive and getting their feelings hurt over nothing? We have a serious problem in our society of diminishing the feelings of others, refusing to admit that something may have been hurtful, intentionally or not. This can be seen in the “teasing culture” that has become so popular. Look up roasting on Reddit or watch old Vine compilations and yo...
Source: World of Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Bullying Children and Teens Communication Depression Policy and Advocacy Self-Esteem Stigma Student Therapist Students Suicide Trauma Violence and Aggression ​National Bullying Prevention Month Cyberbullying school bully sc Source Type: blogs