October is National Bullying Prevention Month and a time to focus and raise awareness on bullying because bullying hurts no matter what age you are, and not only when it is happening. The emotional impact can last a lifetime.
Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose. Bullying can also take place through technology, known as cyberbullying. Examples of cyberbullying include mean text messages or emails, rumors sent by email or posted on social networking sites, and embarrassing pictures, videos, websites, or fake profiles.
There are many other types of aggressive behaviors that don’t fit the definition of bullying. This does not mean that they are any less serious or require less attention than bullying. Rather, these behaviors require different prevention and response strategies.
https://webnew.ped.state.nm.us/bureaus/safe-healthy-schools/bullying-prevention/
