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Bullying – how to recognize it and what to do if you encounter it
As we wrote earlier, in the near future, publications will be devoted to the problems that minors may face when using the Internet. It is important to warn of possible dangers and to talk to both adults (teachers, parents) and children. In this material, we will look at what bullying is, how to recognize it, and what measures can be taken to help the child.
What is bullying?
Bullying is deliberate, systematically repeated aggressive behavior that includes an inequality of social power or physical strength. In other words, bullying is harassment, insults, intimidation. This type of violence is most popular among children and teenagers.
If earlier this concept was just a "life" one, now it is an international term that encompasses a range of psychological, political, and social issues.
How does bullying manifest itself?
Such violence occurs both offline (for example, in schools) and online. With the development of social networks, so-called cyberbullying (English cyberbullying) has emerged — this is bullying that takes place on the Internet or through electronic means of communication. Cyberbullying has the same characteristics as bullying in real life. On the Internet, many rely on anonymity (and the resulting feeling of impunity), which contributes to some children beginning to bully their peers.
Harassment in the electronic environment can take the form of abusive/threatening SMS messages, email newsletters. Also on the web, compromising videos with students who for some reason become outcasts can be created. Photos with humiliating comments (including sexual ones) are posted on websites, indecent rumors begin to spread. Sometimes, on the contrary, offensive messages are sent on behalf of a child who is being bullied. Unfortunately, there have been cases when scenes of bullying of peers were recorded on mobile phone cameras, and then such videos were distributed on the Internet.
How to recognize that a child is being bullied?
Unfortunately, practice shows that many children do not report being bullied. They do not believe that adults can help them or fear that it will lead to even more bullying. If it's online bullying, sometimes children think their parents will ban them from using the computer afterwards.
Therefore, never punish or restrict a child's actions in response to their admission.
Signs of bullying in real life:
- the child never wants to go to school;
- regularly comes home from school in a depressed mood, does not want to communicate with you;
- sometimes the child cries for no apparent reason;
- he does not mention any of his classmates;
- it seems to you that the child is lonely – he has no friends;
- tells little about school life;
- he is not invited to visit or to birthday parties, and he does not want to invite anyone to his place;
- pocket money and things disappear;
- signs of violence appear: bruises, abrasions, torn clothes.
If you notice at least some of these signs, it's worth sounding the alarm and seeking help.
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