Say No to Bullying

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Useful Resources: Knowing the difference between someone being unkind or rude and bullying can be difficult for children. This Bullying Scenarios in the Classroom PowerPoint covers different bullying situations and how to spot them. What makes you a real girl or boy is that no one laughs at you. If you are imitation or unreal, the rules give you a right to exist provided you do what the real ones or brutes say. What makes you into me or Charles Morgan is that the rules allow all the girls to be better than me and all the boys better than Charles Morgan.” – Diana Wynne Jones, Witch Week If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. – Desmond Tutu If you’re horrible to me, I’m going to write a song about it, and you won’t like it. That’s how I operate. – Taylor Swift

I was modest–they accused me of being crafty: I became secretive. I felt deeply good and evil–nobody caressed me, everybody offended me: I became rancorous. I was gloomy–other children were merry and talkative. I felt myself superior to them–but was considered inferior: I became envious. I was ready to love the whole world–none understood me: and I learned to hate.” – Mikhail Lermontov, A Hero of Our Time Parents are often surprised when schools don’t automatically exclude pupils who are bullying others. Of course, as parents, our first concern will always be for our own child’s safety and happiness so it is natural to ask why the school seems to want to work with their tormentors instead of getting rid of them. Things will get easier, people’s minds will change, and you should be alive to see it.” – Ellen DeGeneres The central message of the Clare series, I think, is not to underestimate or marginalize those who you deem weaker or different than yourself as you have no idea what they’re capable of. You never know – those of whom you relentlessly persecute may just end up killing you.” – Don Roff

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If you are experiencing bullying online, we encourage you to talk to a parent, teacher or someone else you can trust – you have a right to be safe and supported. Useful Resources: This How to Deal With Cyberbullying Poster is a great addition to your classroom, IT suite or home and this High Five Poster will help teach children the steps to deal with conflict and bullying. Maybe you never considered yourself a bully, a batterer or an abuser before, but maybe you are — to yourself. – Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders Papa says that some people seem mean, but they’re just sad inside.” – Sarah Jio, All the Flowers in Paris

If bullies actually believe that somebody loves them and believes in them, they will love themselves, they will become better people, and many will even become saviors to the bullied. – Dan Pearce, Single Dad Laughing No. I didn’t say you could talk yet. You made me feel like crap. I didn’t fit into your little definition of perfect and you never let me forget it. I can assure you there is nothing. Nothing that would ever make you worth the air you breathe. – Nyrae Dawn, Measuring Up A lot of victims of bullying may develop low self-esteem. Some become more vulnerable to feelings of helplessness, anxiety, and depression. Bullying and its effects can cause deep scars that may take a long time to heal. You should be nicer to him,’ a schoolmate had once said to me of some awfully ill-favored boy. He has no friends.’ This, I realized with a pang of pity that I can still remember, was only true as long as everybody agreed to it.” – Christopher Hitchens, Hitch 22: A Memoir You can find more information and key findings from various government studies at the AIHW Australia’s Children Web Report.)

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Talking about what kinds of behaviour might be constituted as bullying is a fantastic way to do this. Look for changes in the child. However, be aware that not all children who are bullied exhibit warning signs. It can be helpful to collect evidence – text messages and screen shots of social media posts – to show what’s been going on. Life is a ?ght, but not everyone’s a ?ghter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.” – Andrew Vachss, Terminal

I never want to be known. I’d rather be alone than have everyone talk about me and bother about my life. That’s why I want to be an astronaut. I just want to travel into space and stay there. Be somewhere where no one else goes. – Aimee Herman, Everything Grows Children who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, or children with intersex variations People try to say suicide is the most cowardly act a man could ever commit. I don’t think that’s true at all. What’s cowardly is treating a man so badly that he wants to commit suicide. – Tommy Tran We’re not words, Henry, we’re people. Words are how others define us, but we can define ourselves any way we choose. – Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants

Solutions to bullying are not simple. Bullying prevention approaches that show the most promise confront the problem from many angles. They involve the entire school community—students, families, administrators, teachers, and staff such as bus drivers, nurses, cafeteria and front office staff—in creating a culture of respect. Zero tolerance and expulsion are not effective approaches.

We somehow must become what we are not, sacrificing what we are, to inherit the masquerade of what we will be.” – Shane Koyczan Approximately 46% of students ages 12-18 who were bullied during the school year notified an adult at school about the bullying. We have playground buddies who initiate games at lunchtime and breaktime with children who might otherwise be left out. Children are also taught how to turn others down nicely if they do not want to play with them at playtimes/lunchtimes.

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I saw the world from the stars’ point of view, and it looked unbearably lonely. – Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants Be yourself. Don’t worry about what other people are thinking of you, because they’re probably feeling the same kind of scared, horrible feelings that everyone does.” – Phil Lester Also, the first line of defense against cyberbullying could be you. Think about where cyberbullying happens in your community and ways you can help – by raising your voice, calling out bullies, reaching out to trusted adults or by creating awareness of the issue. Even a simple act of kindness can go a long way. You don’t need them. You have the power to create. They need you, because they’re too afraid to try creating something new and magical themselves. They can only try to tear down others. That makes them the weak ones, Jesse.” – Davies, Hard Hart