Am I a Bully?
“Bullying” in Delaware means:
any intentional written, electronic, verbal or physical act against you that: (1) instills reasonable fear of substantial harm to your emotional or physical well-being or substantial damage to your property; (2) creates a threatening, humiliating or abusive educational environment (meaning – you are afraid to go to school); (3) interferes with you having a safe school environment; or (4) coerces others to demean, embarrass or cause any harm to you.
What does that mean? Here are examples of bullying – what it might look or feel like:
I tease others a lot, call them names, insult them, or spread rumors about them.
I leave others out (like excluding them from my lunch table) or try to make others not be friends with them.
I use texting, tweeting and/or Facebook to spread rumors about people to insult or embarrass them.
I do these things over and over.
I take things from people or make them give me their stuff by threatening them.
Other kids seem really upset when I do these things.
Other kids avoid hanging around me or seem scared of me.
Doing these things makes me feel cool or powerful.
If you experience any of the symptoms below, your behavior needs to change before you hurt others and yourself.
no lasting friendships or constantly changing groups of friends
feeling angry, depressed, anxious, lonely
making yourself feel better by teasing and taunting others.
hang out at specific locations such as a neighborhood store, playground, or school to make fun of others and take their money and belongings
blame others for your problems and take your frustration out on them
gossip about others to make yourself look better
put others down so you can look “cool”