Bully Defense
Tools
A Resource For Kids, Parents
& Teachers
What about Conflict?
Examples:
- Two people disagree
- Two people argue
- Two people get angry
- Two people yell and scream
- Two people hit, grab or hurt one another.
Conflict
Conflict might seem like bullying but it's not because bullying is about power. If two people are angry at each other they might do hurtful things to each other repetitively. However bullying occurs when one person is actively trying to control and harass another person.
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Bugging
Bugging occurs when another kid is annoying like a fly buzzing in your ear. It feels as if this person is driving you crazy or distracting you from something you're doing.
Examples:
- A person makes noises that get on your nerves
- Person bumps into you to by accident more than once
- Person only wants to play their games
- Person does not share
- Person says annoying stuff
- Person likes annoying stuff
- Person does annoying stuff
Bugging
Bullying
Bullying
Bullying happens when one kid is hurtful to another while trying to have power over the other kid.
Examples:
- Telling mean jokes- repeatedly
- Teasing and not stopping when asked - repeatedly
- Exclusion from a group
- Cutting in line - repeatedly
- Spreading rumors
- Stealing
- Threatening
- Dominating grab or hold
- Violent physical attack