How do I identify bully behavior and what can I do when I see it happening?
We are helping our kids to identify different kinds of bullying behavior at Lindbergh. In the lower grades, (k-3) we are helping our kids to identify verbal bullying behavior. In the upper grades, (4 and 5) we are helping our students to identify bullying behavior in several ways: verbal, physical, emotional, cyber and gender bullying behavior. Our definition of bullying behavior is when a person repeatedly tries to harm, humiliate, or intimidate another person. Our older kids are learning that 70% of kids are in the witness role, 15% are in the target role and 15% are in the bullying behavior role. We have been discussing the cycle of bullying behavior that can be broken: hurt - anger - revenge = unhealthy friendship. We are teaching the kids to stand up for themselves and for others, to invite the target to safety, and to report the behavior to an adult. I refer to these methods to help a person in need as S.I.R. . Our goal is for our students to be able to recogn