Bullying


 * Bullying ||  ||   ||
 * Even if you haven't experienced being bullied, you probably know someone who has. Take some time at the web site of Girls Health to understand what bullying is and what you can do about it. There is a list of behaviors that can be considered bullying and an explanation of how bullying can hurt. Find out why girls are bullies and why girls get bullied. Take a quiz to see if you are a bully or if you are being bullied. Cyber-bullying and hazing are also described. ||
 * Topic: Bullies ||
 * URL: http://www.girlshealth.gov ||  ||   ||
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 * Cyber Bullies ||  ||   ||
 * If you've ever received or sent a mean e-mail or text message, then you already know about cyberbullying. When the Internet or cell phones are used to bully, hurt, or embarrass others, the results can be as devastating as the bully on the school bus. Find out how to protect yourself online from cyberbullies. Think about why you should keep your password secret even from your best friend, why you shouldn't share embarrassing secrets online, and why you shouldn't send mean messages to others. Learn not to respond to mean e-mails or rumors and don't even read messages from cyberbullies. ||
 * Topic: Bullies, Internet and children, Cyberbullying ||
 * URL: http://www.mcgruff.org ||  ||   ||
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 * Are You Being Bullied? ||  ||   ||
 * No one deserves to be bullied! Scholastic News offers a report on bullying that will help you become informed so you can learn how to fight against bullying and how to keep yourself safe. Author Walter Dean Myers talks about bullying in real life and in his writing. See how many kids are bullied in different ways, and find tips for self-defense. The characteristics of bullies are described and there are statistics about the number of bullies who become convicted criminals. ||
 * Topic: Bullies ||
 * URL: http://teacher.scholastic.com ||  ||   ||
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 * Mean Girls and Bullies: Research Sheds Light on School Cliques ||  ||   ||
 * The popular kids may not be well liked but students who gossiped, spread rumors, and excluded others were often considered popular by their peers. Such behaviors are signs of relationally aggression, a common characteristic of cliques. In early grades, 50% of cliques were mixed race or ethnicity and physical aggression was a bigger factor in group dynamics. By high school, only 10% were mixed groups. Girls engage in relational aggression more often but minority boys seem to gain more popularity from this behavior. ||
 * Topic: Cliques (Sociology) ||
 * URL: http://main.uab.edu ||  ||   ||
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 * Teens Against Bullying ||  ||   ||
 * Why do you care about bullying? There are lots of reasons to stand up against bullying and cyberbullying. Created for teenagers, this site identifies bullying and describes the characteristics of people who bully. Find out what type of person a bully will target. The respond section of the site lets you see what you can do to put an end to bullying. Learn why teens might not talk to an adult about bullying. Throughout the site there are personal stories. ||
 * Topic: Teenagers, Bullies, Cyberbullying ||
 * URL: http://www.pacerteensagainstbullying.org ||  ||   ||
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 * Dealing With Bullying ||  ||   ||
 * You may think that bullying only takes place on the playground, but bullying can and does occur in high schools as well. Just because you are a teenager does not make bullying any less serious. Bullying happens for different reasons when it happens in high schools. It also yields many different results. This article discusses the types of bullies, what to do if you become a victim of bullying, what to do if you are the bully, and how to stop bullies. There are also related articles that may be of interest to you along with additional resources that provide you with more information. ||
 * Topic: Social conflict, Bullies ||
 * URL: http://www.kidshealth.org ||  ||   ||
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 * Students Teach Students to Stand Up to Bullying ||  ||   ||
 * High school students studying how to prevent bullying decided to go to the elementary school to teach younger students what they are learning. They shared some of their elementary school experiences with bullying as perpetrators, victims, or bystanders. They shared how standing up for someone who is being bullied can help prevent the violence may occur if a victim of bullying decides to bring a weapon to school. The lessons let kids know that bullies can change and bystanders can become heroes by speaking up. ||
 * Topic: Bullies, Bystander effect ||
 * URL: http://www.facinghistory.org ||  ||   ||
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 * Stop the Violence ||  ||   ||
 * Violence in schools can take different forms. Designed for teens, this web site focuses on three different kinds of violence that can contribute to violence in schools. Find out about bullying and how serious the consequences of bullying can be. There is information about gangs and advice on what to do if you know someone at school has a weapon. Also discussed is media violence and how it can add to youth violence. Students are invited to share their stories related to violence. ||
 * Topic: School violence, Youth and violence, Bullies, Gangs ||
 * URL: http://goodwin.drexel.edu ||  ||   ||
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 * Bully on the Bus ||  ||   ||
 * Find out what happened to the bully on the bus when a school district in Pennsylvania implemented an anti-bullying policy. Discover how one girl made a plan to confront the bully and stood up to him. Bus drivers have the job of watching the road and may not see pushing, shoving, and verbal bullying and harassment. The bus trip becomes a nightmare for some students due to such harassment. Some schools use video cameras, parent volunteers, or driver training to reduce bus bullying, but the most effective policies are district-wide training programs for students that teaches strategies to stop bullying. ||
 * Topic: School buses ||
 * URL: http://www.tolerance.org ||  ||   ||
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 * Are You a Bystander to Bullying? ||  ||   ||
 * Bullies may pick on someone because the person looks different, is disabled, belongs to a different religion, or just because the bully wants to show their power. Sometimes people are bullied because they don't have a job or they are trying to make their life better. Have you ever seen people just stand by while someone was being bullied? Why don't they do something to help? You have four choices if you see someone being bullied. Find out why you should get involved and how you can get the group to help. ||
 * Topic: Bullies, Bystander effect ||
 * URL: http://www.cyh.com ||  ||   ||
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 * Cyberbullying: An Introduction ||  ||   ||
 * Every day students are bullied. The latest form of bullying is much worse and goes beyond teasing and rude remarks: It is called cyberbullying. With cyberbullying, you can have 60 people bullying you on the internet, but in real life there wouldn't be 60 people beating you up. Many people do not realize how destructive cyberbullying can be. Read the information on this site about email harassment, abusive text messaging, the misuse of personal information, and more so you can identify and help stop this problem. ||
 * Topic: Bullies, Internet and children, Cyberbullying, Internet and teenagers ||
 * URL: @http://www.direct.gov.uk

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