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The Law defines bullying as any repeated aggression or harassment that occurs in or outside the educational institution, by one student or a group towards another, causing mistreatment, humiliation, or fear. Bullying may be perpetrated in person or through any means, including cyber-bullying.
Violence and bullying in schools violate the rights of children and adolescents, including their right to education and health. Studies show that school violence and bullying harm the academic performance, physical and mental health, and emotional well-being of those who are victimized. [2] It also has a detrimental effect on perpetrators and ...
[117] [118] Bullying can, however, also be perpetrated by teachers and the school system itself; there is an inherent power differential in the system that can easily predispose to subtle or covert abuse (relational aggression or passive aggression), humiliation, or exclusion – even while maintaining overt commitments to anti-bullying policies.
Study.com examines the evolution of bullying over time, including its current status among students, and what schools can do moving forward to prevent it from happening.
The bullying directed at Dylan does not stop, said his mother MaryAnn Salanitro, who said she has gone to his school multiple times for help. "How am I going to help him get through this?" she said.
Stop Bullying: Speak Up [1] was created in 2010 and has partnered with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Stop Bullying.gov), Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), as well as The Anti-Defamation League and The Southern Poverty Law Center through its project, Teaching Tolerance, and other corporate sponsors.
For World Bullying Prevention Month, here's how and when to talk to your kids about bullying.
Anti-bullying may refer to: Anti-bullying legislation , with the intent of reducing bullying against students Anti-Bullying Day or Pink Shirt day, celebrated on various dates across the world