Bully Prevention – The Role of the School

The school district has a significant role to play in the prevention of bullying. Administrators must create a climate that encourages a caring community and simultaneously they need to institute systems to report bully incidents. This section gives information on what schools should be doing to prevent bullying and how to handle bully and cyberbullying events once they have occurred. Actual flow charts and interview tools are provided. [full article]

Profile of a Victim

The most powerful teaching method is calledmirroring. Sometimes parents, themselves, are actually victims, or feel victimized, and act that way. They talk about how they have been taken advantage of, how things are not fair, and how they have been bullied.

All kids mimic what their parents do. Therefore, they sometimes mimic their parents' victim posture.  [full article]

How Are Bullies Created?

Many people think that bullies are either insecure or have low self-esteem. Recent research shows that some bullies may fit this description, but many bullies have high self-esteem.

The bully leads via intimidation. People follow to avoid being victimized.
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