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Bullying is becoming a huge issue affecting younger and younger children. Comparitech conducted a survey of over 1000 parents of children over the age of 5 with these results:

• 47.7% of parents with children ages 6-10 reported their children were bullied.
• 56.4% of parents with children ages 11-13 reported their children were bullied. (https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/boundless-bullies/  

Bullying increases the risk for depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, lower academic achievement, dropping out of school and even suicide according to the National Bullying Prevention Center. 

So let’s look at the definition of bullying and the different kinds of bullying.As defined by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Resources, bullying is aggressive, repeated, unwanted behavior that includes an imbalance of power between the children. Kids who bully use their power—whether their physical strength, access to embarrassing information, or popularity to control or harm others. 

Bullying can be classified into four types: verbal, social, physical and damage to property.

1. Verbal bullying is saying or writing something that is cruel or intended to harm, and includes such things as making inappropriate sexual comments or threatening to cause pain.
2. Social bullying, sometimes referred to as relational bullying, involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships and includes spreading rumors or causing intentional public embarrassment.
3. Physical bullying involves hurting a person’s body and includes actions like hitting, kicking, spitting, pushing, sexually abusing, or taking one’s possessions.
4. The fourth type of bullying involves any type of intentional damage to a child’s property.

And now because of the prevalence of media technology (phones, email, chartrooms, instant messaging, or online posts) children must deal electronic bullying or cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is not a different type of bullying; it just involves an electronic context. It includes verbal bullying and social bullying.

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