Bullying is something that has been around for a
very long time now. People tend to tell others to just "shake it
off" or "don't let it bother you" when it's not something that
should be taken lightly like that. Bullying can make you feel like you are lonely,
depressed or even hurt, and can affect you by not letting you be able to enjoy
the fun activities in your life to the full extent. Bullying can make you want to hide from the
world if it happens to become severe. Bullying
has happened since pretty much forever and takes place all the time. If you were to ask adults about bullying,
most of them would probably just say that it’s a part of growing up and being a
kid. It shouldn’t have to be like that
though; people shouldn’t have to live their lives sad or miserable. We all have the right, as human beings, to
feel safe in our lives and even to feel good about ourselves instead of having
others constantly making fun of us or picking on us for whatever reason.
Bullying is such a common thing today that there
are even different types of it. For
example, there is physical bullying, which involves physical contact or even
forcing someone to do something that they just simply don’t want to do. Another example is verbal bullying, which is
basically when someone teases or insults someone else, or when name-calling is
involved. A third type of bullying
refers to relationship bullying. This
type includes gossiping, such as spreading stuff about someone that probably
isn’t true, ignoring someone by refusing to talk to them, and again, just
simply making someone do something that they just don’t feel comfortable
doing.
Bullying comes in all different shapes and sizes
and has been around forever, so now is the time that we should finally start
acting upon it and try and work on stopping it and getting rid of it for
good. Everyone deserves to be happy and
feel safe during his or her life, why not start now?
"It's My Life. Friends. Bullies | PBS Kids
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Life | PBS Kids GO! PBS
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