[Music] did you know that almost one in five students has reported being bullied at one time or another and 41 of those students who reported being bullied at school felt like it might happen again bullying is a big deal and a big word that can get jumbled up so let's take a closer look at what it means and break it down a bit first things first what is bullying the actual definition goes something like this bullying is unwanted aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance the behavior is repeated or
has the potential to be repeated over time well that's kind of confusing so let's try another way we're going to call on my friend boo the ghost to help us understand bullying in a different way don't worry though he's friendly we're going to take the letters in boo's name to come up with an easy way to learn about and remember the definition of bullying let's start at the beginning the b stands for being mean how this isn't your everyday meanness or teasing that might happen at school teasing can be annoying or upsetting and sometimes even
playful but bullying is never playful and it always does harm when you're being teased you should be able to say stop and the other person listens then you may have to repeat yourself a time or two with bullying the meanness keeps going even though the person knows you don't like it the o stands for on purpose we have all made mistakes nobody is perfect what matters is what we do once the mistake has been made when someone tells you that you have hurt their feelings what do you do do you own it and apologize or
do you ignore it and do it again bullying happens when we are mean to someone on purpose knowing that what we're doing is going to hurt their feelings the meanness is meant to make you feel small while the other person feels powerful and in control this is called an imbalance of power and it is a sure sign of bullying the last o in boo's name stands for over and over again if we try to tell someone that what they are doing is hurting our feelings and they still don't stop that is when we say the
meanness is repeating it happens over and over again even though you or a trusted adult have asked the person to stop so bullying is being mean on purpose over and over again but wait what does being mean look like with bullying it gets a little more complicated than just calling someone a name so let's take a look at that too bullying may look different from person to person but the result is the same one person is left feeling bad while the other is left feeling in control some types of bullying that you might see or
experience can be broken down into four different types physical verbal social emotional and cyber physical bullying is typically the kind that most kids think about it first it's the easiest to define because it's usually pretty easy to see physical bullying may include hitting pushing or shoving kicking tripping or stomping what you may not know is that it can actually include stealing or damaging someone else's things too verbal bullying is really common because it's quick and easy to do plus it's hard for grownups to see so it can be hidden too verbal bullying may include cruel
teasing when someone keeps going when you have told them to stop name calling threatening others mean jokes rumors gossip and saying things about someone that aren't true social and emotional bullying can sometimes be the hardest to spot though this type of bullying may not leave bruises it still hurts a lot and can leave you feeling sad scared or alone social emotional bullying may include leaving someone out on purpose telling lies about someone and embarrassing someone in front of other people you can combine verbal and social bullying to get our next type cyber bullying is a
type of bullying that happens online and it's become really common this can happen through text messages apps or emails it can happen on a phone computer tablet gaming console basically any type of electronic device that connects you with other people cyber bullying can include posting rubrics on social media sharing embarrassing pictures or videos and making fake profiles or websites knowing what bullying is makes it more likely that you will take steps to stop it find out what to do about bullying in our next video and for more information about what to do about bullying or
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