Anti-bullying awareness and strategies for prevention
Bullying affects everyone. This week, learn how to stand up, speak out, and create safe spaces for yourself and others.
Tips:
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Speak up safely: report bullying to adults, teachers, or supervisors.
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Support peers: stand with others who are being targeted.
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Educate yourself and others about the effects of bullying.
Resources:
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PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center – Lesson plans, campaigns, and tips.
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StopBullying.gov – Interactive resources for kids, teens, and parents.
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Local school or community anti-bullying programs like OK2SAY for Michigan Students
Take this pledge and be a KID AGAINST BULLYING! Take the Pledge
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Downloadable “Top 10 Tips for Standing Up to Cyberbulling for Teens
Introducing the OK2SAY program for Michigan Schools
When you’re in school, we understand that it’s not always easy to shut down a bully. Weighing the decision about doing the right thing versus what other people might think of you for standing up for someone who is being picked on.The OK2Say app is the solution where you can anonymously submit tips for bullying, or other emergency scenarios through a phone call, text, email and through the mobile app. When you download the app, you can find all of the information about this confidential resource that helps you, your classmates and your school. We’re not alone in wanting to spread this message.
- Signs that your child might bully others:
- They refuse to take responsibility for their actions.
- They lack empathy.
- They need to be in control.
- They have been victims of bullying.
- They are proud and/or arrogant.
- Positive views towards violence
- Often aggressive towards parents, teachers and other adults
- Hot tempered, impulsive and easily frustrates
- Often tests limits, boundaries and breaks rules
- Good at talking their way of difficult and tense situations
- Show little sympathy towards others who are bulled
Signs You’re a Bully:
- You try to embarrass people in public
- You’re MAD insecure (and sensitive)
- Your victims are always people who won’t fight back
- Confrontation is your best friend
- You’re irrational
- Online social interaction: you write things online about someone that you wouldn’t say in person.
Signs a Child is Being Bullied:
- Unexplainable injuries
- Lost or destroyed clothing, books, electronics, or jewelry
- Frequent headaches or stomach aches, feeling sick or faking illness
- Changes in eating habits, like suddenly skipping meals or binge eating. Kids may come home from school hungry because they did not eat lunch.
- Difficulty sleeping or frequent nightmares
- Declining grades, loss of interest in schoolwork, or not wanting to go to school
- Sudden loss of friends or avoidance of social situations
- Feelings of helplessness or decreased self esteem
- Self-destructive behaviors such as running away from home, harming themselves, or talking about suicide
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