If any one
bullies during school hours, the way out is to tell an adult or teacher to stick up for the kid being bullied and tell the bully to stop," she said.
USE CONFIDENT BODY LANGUAGE
Bullies have an instinct for vulnerability and are on the look-out for non-verbal signals that their target is experiencing self-doubt.
According to "The Bully Book," the
bullies have to call the Grunt names, and make fun of how the Grunt looks or behaves or talks in public so that everybody will catch on, and join in on the bullying.
Bullies want to make their targets look bad (and therefore less valuable) and themselves look better within the organization.
Both victims and
bullies have identifiable risk factors that are helpful for pediatricians to know about.
If a child
bullies at school and is then excluded, they're being punished but not learning about the impact of their behaviour, what needs to change and why.
They found that boys in this sample who had low monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) due to a specific genetic allele in combination with low nurturance were at increased risk of being
bullies or aggressive-victims.
At work,
bullies may target people who they feel are a threat to their own career prospects.
She suggests parents should: Prepare the child for school - if you're worried they're going to be a target for
bullies, build their self-confidence.
We know how being victimized by
bullies can do lifelong damage, and schools are working to develop comprehensive approaches.
Bullies are now using cellphones/texts, email, and social media reaching a number of individuals, to bully their victims.
Online bullying is dangerous because it an extension of traditional bullying that can be used by
bullies 24 hours a day and has an infinite audience.
