Bullying is a repeated aggressive behavior where one person (or group of people) in a position of power deliberately intimidates, abuses, or coerces an individual with the intention to hurt that person physically or emotionally, we should note that bullying is a complex issue with psychological, social and environmental factors.

Incidents of bullying must include all three of these characteristics:

- Intentional: the behavior was aggressive and a deliberate attempt to hurt another person

- Repeated: these aggressive actions occur repeatedly over time to the same person or group of people

- Power imbalance: the person bullying has more physical or social power than the child or children being bullied

Bullying almost always takes an emotional toll on the child being bullied, but the actions that constitute bullying vary.

There are four types of bullying, which can occur separately or simultaneously:

- Physical bullying such as kicking or pushing

- Verbal bullying such as name-calling or yelling

- Relational bullying such as excluding or rumor-spreading

- Cyberbullying which involves sending hurtful messages over digital devices like computers and cell phones.

All young people are in danger of being bullied at some point during their lives, in particular, adolescent ones are at greater risk. Depending on the environment  youth with disabilities, and socially isolated youth—may be more likely to be bullied and vice versa

What makes people bully :

There’s no one reason why people bully, but many people who engage in this conduct:

- Feel powerless

- Suffer from insecurities

- Need to control others

- Enjoy the rewards they get from bullyingIt comes from their insecurities and helps them feel more confident about their failure

- Bad parenting

- Make someone feel better about themselves

- Not getting enough love from their loved ones

Get help. It may seem scary to tell someone but, telling will not only get you help, but it will also make you feel less afraid and more confident about yourself, If you are being physically or emotionally bullied and are in danger you must speak with your parents, trusted adult, teacher guidance, psychologist immediately.

In this wild wide world, you will meet a lot of different types of people, all I want you to do to save yourself and take care of it.

Remember that no one deserves to be treated badly.

By: N.G.S