Life Skills & Value Education – CLASS-VII – UNIT-3 Bullying

Bullying is when a person keeps doing or saying something on purpose to make someone else feel hurt, sad or embarrassed. One can say  that bullying is a form of abuse .Bullies can be boys or girls. Bullies want to trouble and harm the person they are bullying. The bully bullies people for no reason at all. But sometimes people have an argument because they really feel differently about something. So, let’s see what bullying is and what it is not.

Bullying someone is cruel. It hurts and is painful to the person being bullied. If others are bullying ,you should never join in, even if the bully is your good friend. In fact, if the bully is your friend you should try to make them stop bullying others. If you keep telling them to stop and they still don’t listen, you should think about whether you want to be friends with someone who behaves like this. You should be assertive and not submissive to the bully.

Being assertive : Itmeans to express your feelings and views firmly and confidently, without being submissive or aggressive.

Being submissive or passive : Being passive is when you do not express your feelings or views even though you actually want to. This can be out of fear or due to a feeling that your views and feelings are not as important as that of the other person. If you are submissive, it is morelikely that you will be bullied.

 Being Aggressive: When you harm someone physically, say cruel things, threaten or ridicule them throughgestures. This is what a bully does.

There are four kinds of bullying- physical, verbal, social and cyber. Verbal and social bullying can happen in the cyber world also.

Remember:

Strangers exist in the real as well as the virtual world, so rules for safety with strangers are applicable in both worlds. Whenever you plan to go out with your friends, keep a check on them. Watch out for each other- for instance, while crossing the road, be in a group or at least in pairs. Avoid hanging out in a new place. Keep your eyes open. Observe your surroundings. Be alert. Look out of the window if you are travelling in a vehicle and see where you are going. Keep your ears open! Remove ear plugs.

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