by Denise40

Created on: July 10, 2008

BULLYING IN SCHOOLS

When I was younger and got to high school I got bullied. It was horrific at the time and really knocked my confidence. I couldn't see the big picture and that I wasn't going to be at school for the rest of my life. I thought it was the end of the world. Since then I have realised that most people get bullied at school at some stage and that I wasn't as alone as I thought. Unfortunately as everyone knows bullying isn't just confined to schools and playgrounds. Bullying happens frequently in the workplace, luckily for me I haven't come across this problem but have seen grown women reduced to tears and feeling awful about themselves just because of that one certain person who has decided to make their life hell.

*HOW TO IDENTIFY IF SOMEONE IS BEING BULLIED AT SCHOOL*

Bullying comes in lots of different forms from physical to mental abuse. Everyone is different and will react in different ways so these are only general suggestions to how people could react.

Physical bullying is when someone is hitting or hurting someone deliberately. It is the most obvious form of bullying to spot as your child will have cuts, bruises and in some cases it can get so bad that they will have broken limbs. This can be as simple as tripping someone up on purpose so they will fall. It is easier to prove that someone is doing this to you as you have physical evidence.

Mental bullying in my opinion is very cruel, complex and can be lots of things from name calling to exclusion. This I feel is more dangerous as its harder to spot when a child is being bullied this way as they may feel scared or even ashamed to tell you that someone or a group of people don't like them. If your child becomes withdrawn, loses confidence, starts becoming aggressive towards their family (as they are close to them and know they can do it they do still love you), doesn't talk to you as much, is easily annoyed, is disruptive, these all could be signs that your child is getting bullied. However it could just mean that your children are becoming teenagers but the best advice is to talk to them and try to get them to tell you what is troubling them no matter how much abuse they are giving you in the process. I have found that most times disruptive, cheeky and aggressive children don't have bad parents instead they are unhappy and something is bothering them. At the same time everyone is different and this is only in general. Mental bullying could lead to serious problems like self harming, anorexia,

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