BULLYING

Definition
• Aggressive behavior in which someone
intentionally and repeatedly causes
another person injury or discomfort
• Repeated over time
• When occurs, there is imbalance
power between the two parties
 Etymology
• “Bully” appears to have Dutch and
German roots, evolving from words for
“lover” and “friend.” 
• It was “a term of endearment and
familiarity, originally applied to either
sex.
 Etymology
• Later applied to men only, implying
friendly admiration: good friend, fine
fellow, ‘gallant’.”
• “Bully” started to mean “A blustering
‘gallant’; a bravo, hector, or ‘swash-
buckler.’”
• “Protector of a prostitute.”
 Etymology
• “A tyrannical coward who makes
himself a terror to the weak.”
•  Excluding, teasing, rumor-spreading,
harassing, abusing, coercing, online-
terrorizing, torturing, and even driving
to suicide—or “bullyicide”
 Types of Bullying
• Physical bullying
• Verbal bullying
• Social bullying
• Cyber bullying
 Physical Bullying
• Includes hitting, kicking, tripping,
pinching, pushing, damaging property,
rape.
• Causes both short term and long term
damage.
 Verbal Bullying
• Calling, insults, teasing, intimidation,
homophobic or racist remarks.
• While verbal bullying can start off
harmless, it can escalate to levels
which start affecting the individual
target.
• Causes more damage psychologically.
 Social Bullying
• Sometimes called as covert bullying.
• Often harder to recognize and can be
carried out behind the bullied person’s
back.
• Designed to harm someone’s social
reputation and / or cause humiliation.
 Social Bullying
• Lying and spreading • Mimicking unkindly.
rumours. • Encouraging others
• Negative facial or to social exclude
physical gestures, someone.
menacing or • Damaging someone’s
contemptuous looks. social reputation or
• Playing nasty jokes social acceptance.
to embarrass and
humiliate.
 Cyber Bullying
• Intentional and repeated harm
inflicted through the use of
computers, phones, and other
electronic devices.
• Can be overt or covert bullying
behaviors using digital technologies
including hardware and software.
 Cyber Bullying
• Can happen at any time.
• Can be in public or in private and
sometimes only known to the target
and the person bullying.
 Cyber Bullying
• Abusive or hurtful texts, emails or
posts, images or videos.
• Deliberately excluding others online
• Nasty gossip or rumors.
• Imitating others online or using their
log-in.
 Causes of Bullying
• Varied; any student can become a
target, regardless of gender, race,
religion, or socioeconomic status.
• Differences in appearance, social
status, race, and sexual orientation.
 Causes of Bullying
• Those with high self-confidence tend
to lack compassion and empathy and
can respond aggressively whenever
they feel threatened.
• Need for attention and the desire to
be perceived as brave and confident
can cause them to bully
 Signs or Effects of Bullying
• Emotional and behavioral signs
• Physical signs
• School signs
• Others
Emotional and Behavioral Signs 
• Changes in sleep patterns
• Changes in eating patterns
• Frequent tears or anger
• Mood swings
• Feels ill in the morning
 Emotional and Behavioral Signs 
• Becomes withdrawn or starts
stammering.
• Becomes aggressive and unreasonable
• Refuses to talk about what is wrong.
• Begins to target siblings.
• Continually 'loses' money or starts
stealing.
 Physical Signs
• Has unexplained bruises, cuts,
scratches.
• Comes home with missing or damaged
belongings or clothes.
• Comes home hungry.
 School Signs
• Doesn't want to go to school.
• Changes their route to school or are
frightened of walking to school.
• Doesn't want to go to school on the bus
• School grades begin to fall.
 Others
• Often alone or excluded from
friendship groups at school.
• A frequent target for teasing,
mimicking or ridicule at school.
• Unable to speak up in class and
appears insecure or frightened.
STOP BULLYING!
To Parents:
LISTEN
• Encourage your child to tell you the
whole story. Your child may need to
tell the story more than once. 
• Listen calmly and without interrupting,
and reassure them that they've done
the right thing by speaking up.
To Parents:
TALK
• Have a conversation about what
happened.
• Try not to let your very
understandable emotions show.
• Remind your child that bullying is
never OK, and that whatever they are
feeling is understandable and normal.
To Schools:
• Start Conversations
• Re-establish Safe Environments
• Deal with the Bully
• Teach the Class Conflict Resolution
• Managing a Bully
 Government in Action
• R.A.10627 (Anti-Bullying Act of 2013)
• Child Protection Policy
• R.A.7610 (1992) or the Anti-Child Abuse
Law
• Presidential Decree No. 603
• R.A. No.9344 or the Juvenile Justice
and Welfare Act of 2006