Anti-Bully Week
Next week
Don’t forget!!!!
What is Bullying?
 A person is bullied when he or she is exposed,
repeatedly and over time, to negative actions on the
part of one or more other persons, and he or she has
difficulty defending himself or herself.
 "This definition includes three important
components:
 1. Bullying is aggressive behavior that involves
unwanted, negative actions. 2. Bullying involves a
pattern of behavior repeated over time. 3. Bullying
involves an imbalance of power or strength.
Types of Bullying
 1. Verbal bullying including derogatory comments and
bad names 2. Bullying through social exclusion or
isolation 3. Physical bullying such as hitting, kicking,
shoving, and spitting 4. Bullying through lies and false
rumors 5. Having money or other things taken or
damaged by students who bully 6. Being threatened or
being forced to do things by students who bully 7.
Racial bullying 8. Sexual bullying 9. Cyber bullying (via
cell phone or Internet)
What is Cyberbullying?
 The repeated harassment, mistreatment, or
denigration of another person online (or using any
electronic device) It is minor to minor. Once adults are
involved it is cyberharressment or cyber stalking.
What is the percentage of teens that
experience cyberbullying?
 20% of teens experience cyberbullying ( 25% girls 16%
boys).
 23% of middle school students admit posting something
cruel about another student online to make other
students laugh
 Middle school victims of cyberbullying have higher rates
of thoughts of killing themselves. What about drinking?
What about taking drugs?
Types of Cyberbulling
 Direct: Messages are sent directly to the student.
 IM’s and texts
 Blogs
 Interactive gaming
Cyberbullying by proxy: Using other to Cyberbully
for you.
-Bully poses as the victim and sends out hateful
messages. The victim is to blame.
- Posing as a victim in a chatroom and making
racist violent comments
Profile of CyberBullies
 THE POWER HUNGRY
 Need to control other by fear
 School Yard Bully
 Mean Girls
 Done in a group.
 Done for entertainment. They want to have an audience and
it grows by when fed by group admiration.
• The Vengeful Angel
• See themselves as righting wrongs
• Often trying to protect a fiend from
being bullied
• DON’T TAKE JUSTICE INTO YOUR OWN
HANDS
What are the results of
cyberbullying?
 Research had demonstrated a number of serious
consequences of cyber-bullying victimization.
 For example, victims have lower self-esteem, increased
suicidal ideation, and a variety of emotional responses,
retaliating, being scared, frustrated, angry, and depressed.
 One of the most damaging effects is that a victim begins to
avoid friends and activities, often the very intention of the
cyber-bully. Cyber-bullying campaigns are sometimes so
damaging that victims have committed suicide. There are at
least four examples in the United States where cyber-bullying
has been linked to the suicide of a teenager.
What to do if your are cyberbullied?

Don’t respond. If someone bullies you, remember that your reaction is usually exactly what the bully wants. It gives him or her power
over you. Who wants to empower a bully?

Don’t retaliate. Getting back at the bully turns you into one and reinforces the bully’s behavior. Help avoid a whole cycle of aggression.

Save the evidence. The only good news about digital bullying is that the harassing messages can usually be captured, saved, and shown to
someone who can help. You need to do this even if it’s minor stuff, in case things escalate.

Talk to a trusted adult. You deserve backup. It’s always good to involve a parent but – if you can’t – a school counselor usually knows how
to help. Sometimes both are needed. If you’re really nervous about saying something, see if there’s a way to report the incident
anonymously at school.

Block the bully. If the harassment’s coming in the form of instant messages, texts, or profile comments, do yourself a favor: Use
preferences or privacy tools to block the person. If it’s in chat, leave the “room.”

Be civil. Even if you don’t like someone, it’s a good idea to be decent and not sink to the other person’s level. Also, research shows that
gossiping about and trash talking others increases your risk of being bullied. Treat people the way you want to be treated.
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Don’t be a bully. How would you feel if someone harassed you? You know the old saying about walking a mile in someone’s shoes; even a
few seconds of thinking about how another person might feel can put a big damper on aggression. That’s needed in this world.

Be a friend, not a bystander. Watching or forwarding mean messages empowers bullies and hurts victims even more. If you can, tell
bullies to stop or let them know harassment makes people look stupid and mean. It’s time to let bullies know their behavior is
unacceptable – cruel abuse of fellow human beings. If you can’t stop the bully, at least try to help the victim and report the behavior.
Sexting
 The use of a cell phone or other electronic devices to
distribute pictures or video or sexually explicit images
or messages.
 What does WWW. stand for?
 THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING
Why are teens Sexting?
 PEER PRESSURE
 Someone asked them do do it?
 You got a serious crush on someone.
 You think you seriously in love and you snap a picture of
yourself and SMS it to the person you love. This can be
done in 30 seconds.
 Then the breakup occurs and that photo can be shared with
more people you can fathom in less than 30 seconds and
can “virtually ruin” a person life. DEAD SERIOUS.
Why do teens do sexting?
 It’s a new way to “HOOK UP”
 This is becoming very popular because its “fun” and you
can experiment safely. (Really)
 Safe from pregnancy safe from STDs
 Safe from millions of pedophiles ( individuals with
primary or exclusive sexual interest in prepubescent
children (generally age 13 years or younger) viewing
their pictures. NOT
What are the consequences of
sexting?
 In New York, sexting can result in felony charges,
including creating, possession and distribution of child
pornography. In the United States, it is against the law
to possess lewd photographs of minors. A New York
lawyer is petitioning for federal sexting legislation that
would make sexting a misdemeanor for minors.
 THIS WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE!!!!!!