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Bullying - What you should know

12/8/2012

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Evidence from the California Healthy Kids Survey indicates that bullying and harassment are issues for our young people. 
In order to stem these behaviors, each of us must take responsibility for a zero tolerance of unkind behavior towards others. 


What Parents & Caregivers Should Know About Bullying 

         Four Types of Bullying 


1. Physical - Using the body or object ot harm.

These include kicking, shoving, tripping, slapping, punching, hair pulling, biting, throwing objects at someone, and use of weapons.

2. Verbal -
Using words to harm
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Name calling, threatening,  put-downs, blackmailing, making up stories, spreading rumors, betraying a confidence either face to face or on the Internet.

3. Emotional - 
Using overt or covert methods to silence or exclude

Laughing, mocking, rolling eyes, negative body  language, imitating,  writing notes, using finger/hand signs, rejecting, excluding, ostracizing and  isolating

4. Sexual -  
Using sexual means or nuances to intimidate or harm someone

Touching someone in an inappropriate way, making fun of  someone's body, comments about  sexual orientation,sexual  coercion.



  Statistics on Name-Calling, Bullying and School Violence


  • Six out of 10 American teens witness bullying at least once a day
    For chldren between sixth to tenth, nearly one in six (3.2 million) - are
    victims of bullying each year.
    There are 3.7 million bullies accordng to this statistic.
    this statistic.




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