Bullying

Bullying is hurting or threatening people who seem weak.^[1] The people who bully other people are called bullies. Anybody can be bullied, even a group of people. There are many different kinds of bullying. Bullying does not always mean hitting people. It can also be things that people say or do.

Bullying includes when people see what happens, but they don't do anything about it.^[2] When people who see bullying know what to do and they do it, they can help make a bad situation better.

It's also bullying when other people hide it from those who can help (teachers, bosses), when other people see it but ignore it, or when a person helps the bully to do it without getting in trouble.

School teachers and staff have tried to learn ways to stop bullying. However, bullying can be easy to hide.

Some countries and regions have laws against it.

1. ↑ Affairs (ASPA), Assistant Secretary for Public (2019-09-24). "What Is Bullying". StopBullying.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
2. ↑ Axelrod, Rise B. and Charles R. Cooper (2011). Axelrod & Cooper's Concise Guide to Writing, p. 333; Ansbro, John J. (2000). Martin Luther King, Jr.: Nonviolent Strategies and Tactics for Social Change, p. 227.