Refuse to join in if a bully tries to get you to tease someone. Get a teacher, parent, or another adult to come help. You be be won’t snitching; you’ll taking a stand against bullying. Talk to the person being bullied and try to get them to talk to an adult. Offer to go with them. Report the bullying to an adult you trust. ©Copyright 2004 National Center for Victims of Crime All Students You may have used some of the following excuses: mean “I didn’t really to.” made me do “He it”.” was only “I teasing.” it “She did first”. Bullies also use these excuses. Think carefully if you often use these excuses, are you hurting others. What makes a bully? Bullies can be boys or girls, big kids or little kids. Some bullies use words to hurt the feelings of their victim and some like to hurt people physically. Here are some of the things bullies might do: They try to make you think they are popular or cool. They often pick on younger or smaller kids; those who might be different in some way; or kids who have many friends. don’t They often involve others to help them gang up on the victim. They can use teasing, name-calling, harassment and violence against their victim. They may spread stories or rumors about their victim. They may try to turn everyone against that person by like ignoring them. They may hide, damage, or take their things. victim’s
Refuse to join in if a bully tries to get you to tease someone. Get a teacher, parent, or another adult to come help. You won’t be snitching; you’ll be taking a stand against bullying. Talk to the person being bullied and try to get them to talk to an adult. Offer to go with them. Report the bullying to an adult you trust. ©Copyright 2004 National Center for Victims of Crime All Students You may have used some of the following excuses: “I didn’t really mean to.” “He made me do it”.” “I was only teasing.” “She did it first”. Bullies also use these excuses. Think carefully if you often use these excuses, are you hurting others. What makes a bully? Bullies can be boys or girls, big kids or little kids. Some bullies use words to hurt the feelings of their victim and some like to hurt people physically. Here are some of the things bullies might do: They try to make you think they are popular or cool. They often pick on younger or smaller kids; those who might be different in some way; or kids who don’t have many friends. They often involve others to help them gang up on the victim. They can use teasing, name-calling, harassment and violence against their victim. They may spread stories or rumors about their victim. They may try to turn everyone against that person by like ignoring them. They may hide, damage, or take their victim’s things.