What is bullying?

Bullying is a form of hurting other people mentally or physically. Bullying can also occur online and offline. Their are many different types of bullying, cyber-bullying and verbal-bullying being the most common type of bullying. Over 1,000 students commit suicide due to bullying. 1 in 4 students are bullied in all schools.

Strategies to cope with bullying would be to tell your parents and explain what is going on. Say how you can’t take it anymore and would like help. They would give you advice on what to do, or contact a teacher.

Another way to deal with bullying is to ignore them, not answer or fight back. They want a expression, but if you ignore them, they will get bored and pick on someone else (hoping they wouldn’t).