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Being Bullied

The FIRST thing to do when you're being bullied is to tell someone. Since you want to tell your mum, she should be your first stop. How do you do it? Make sure you have her attention: tell her you have something important to tell her and ask her to listen. Timing is important, get her when she's not distracted, sit her down and tell her what's happening. Tell her you want to be part of the solution, so you can talk through the options together. If you think it will be hard, write some notes down first, so you don't forget anything. There are lots of different ways to sort out bullying and getting help from home and school is the best start. Remember, there's nothing to be ashamed of and keeping silent lets the bully get away with it. Talk with your mum, and you can make a start to stop the bullying.

¿Cuántos niños participan en la intimidación a otros?

Existe un número relativamente pequeño de los niños están directamente implicados en los incidentes de bullying. Kindergarten a 6 º grado 15% de los estudiantes informó de la intimidación que otros por lo menos dos veces durante el curso escolar. 2% de los estudiantes informó de la intimidación que otros una vez a la semana o más. Niños 14% de los niños de edades comprendidas entre 4 a 11 informó de la intimidación que otros . Niñas 9% de las niñas de edades comprendidas entre 4 a 11 informó de la intimidación que otros.

What can educators do about bullying by school staff?

Linda Starr has written an essential article for educators titled: "Are You a Bully?" And Dr. Dan Olweus spoke about this topic at the National Bullying Prevention conference in Atlanta GA (October 2005). His research has found that when we ask students if they have been bullied by a teacher, half the reports we get seem genuine. His criteria for screening out spurious reports were: Clearly unrealistic descriptions of the teacher behavior: "My teacher crushed my skull." "My teacher hung me up by the ears." reported by only one student in a class but not corroborated by any other students in that class. very brief and unrepeated events of low intensity. Dr. Olweus defined teacher bullying in this research as: "teachers using degrading negative comments openly about a student or students." After screening responses, his research (done in the mid- 1990s) found that 11-12% of students reported bullying by peers, while 1.5-2% reported bullying by teac