BULLYING
Too often, students experience the heartache of being bullied. Sometimes it’s a physical act of bullying; sometimes it’s verbal harassment of some kind (including cyberbullying); sometimes it’s spreading vicious rumours. And there are many more types of bullying. Bullying can happen to students of any age, of any economic and social backgrounds, whether they are attending public or a private school. It is an extremely difficult issue to deal with – for victims of bullying, parents of the victims, and for the bystanders who witness an act of bullying. The negative effects of bullying can be lifelong.
Here are some online resources which we hope will be of some help to students, parents and teachers.
The Canadian Safe School Network
Did you know that between 50% and 75% of students report that they have been bullied at some time? This website will help students understand the various types of bullying, who becomes a bully, and what kids can do to make bullying stop. A special section is provided for teachers, and another for parents.
Bullying Canada
People may not realize the many different forms that bullying can take: shoving or punching someone, teasing in a mean way, spreading bad rumours about someone, threatening – these are all forms of bullying, and there are even more, according to this website. Listowel native Katie Neu, a former bullying victim, started Bullying Canada to help other victims.
Bullying.ca : Where You Are Not Alone
Through online resources and online education, this Canadian web site aims to help prevent and reduce bullying, to help people deal effectively with bullying, and to help victims deal with the long-lasting negative consequences of being bullied.
Kids Help Phone: Bullying
As well as offering phone-in help to youth, Kids Help Phone also offers excellent online resources on various issues including bullying. Victims of bullying, kids who witness bullying (bystanders) and kids who bully, will all find useful information and suggestions here, plus stories and testimonies from kids who have been bullied. The website also offers a “letter builder” for victims of bullying.
Teens Against Bullying
Who gets bullied … and who is a bully? This made-by-teens for-teens web site offers answers and information about bullying, suggestions to reduce the likelihood of being bullied, and positive steps to take if you are bullied … or if you witness bullying as a bystander.
Web Tip: Homework Help @ the Library
Visit the Teen Lounge for links that can help with all your homework
Visit the Kids Site for links that can help with homework for kids aged 5 - 12
PTA Bullying
When a child or teen is the victim of bullying, the whole family is often affected. Parents want to help their child, but often don’t know the best way to do so. PTA Bullying will enable parents to identify and understand bullying, and to help their child deal with the humiliating effects of being bullied.
Cyberbullying.ca
What is cyberbullying? How can you protect yourself against it? If you’re a victim of cyberbullying, what should you do (and not do) about it? The Cyberbullying.ca web site answers these questions and more.
Websafecrackerz
Fun, interactive games, quizzes and puzzles designed with the help of teens offer strategies to teens for dealing with varisous situations online, including bullying, cyber-stalking and spam.
Wired Safety
Various issues relating to safe Internet usage are addressed on Wired Safety’s website: cyber bullying, cyber stalking and harassment, privacy, spam, netiquette, identity theft, and more. Click on “Kids, Tweens & Teens” to access pages with specific information and resources for each of these age groups. Included are some resources for parents ... such as an “Internet 101” for beginners.
Bullying Awareness Week
The 10th annual Bullying Awareness Week in Canada will be observed later this year, from November 12 to 17, 2012, and this year’s theme is “Stand Up! (to bullying). Hear what Rick Mercer of CBC has to say about the importance of Bullying Awareness Week.
Dalton McGuinty on Bullying
Read about Premier Dalton McGuinty’s newly-proposed anti-bullying legislation for the province of Ontario. Unfortunately, it’s been estimated that as many as one in three children or teens in Ontario have been, or are, being bullied.
