7 Empowering and Helpful Coping Strategies for Bullying at School
What You Will Learn:

What is Bullying?
Why Do Bullies Bully Others?
Types of Bullying Behavior
Effects of Being Bullied
Causes of Bullying in School
How to Help Your Kids with Bullying
7 Empowering and Helpful Coping Strategies for Bullying at School
Handling Cyberbullying
When the Bully’s Parent Is Involved

What is Bullying?
Bullying involves intentionally hurting, harming, or humiliating another person, either physically or emotionally, and it often continues over time. Bullying can appear in different forms, such as physical violence, verbal abuse, social exclusion, or online harassment. The critical aspect of bullying is the imbalance of power, where the bully uses their strength, popularity, or knowledge to dominate their victim. An imbalance of power means that the bully has some advantage over the victim, making it difficult for the victim to defend themselves.
Why Do Bullies Bully Others?
Bullies often engage in harmful behaviour for various reasons:

Insecurity: Some bullies act out because they feel insecure about themselves and want to assert dominance to cover up their vulnerabilities.
Seeking Attention: Others might bully to gain peer attention or feel a sense of power.
Modelling Behavior: Children who witness aggressive or unkind behaviour at home or in the media may imitate these actions, believing them acceptable ways of interacting with others. Kids model what they see at home. Kids who see kindness will be kind; if they see bullying and intimidation, they will act the same way.
Peer Pressure: Sometimes, children bully others because they want to fit in with a particular group or feel pressured by friends to act aggressively.

In the book, Lily faces a similar challenge when confronting Jack, who belittles her. The story explores how Jack’s behaviour often reflects his insecurities, teaching young readers that bullying is more about the bully than the victim.
Types of Bullying Behavior
Bullying can manifest in different ways:

Physical Bullying: Hitting, kicking, or physically harming someone.
Verbal Bullying: Name-calling, teasing, or making derogatory remarks.
Social Bullying: Excluding someone from a group, spreading rumours, or humiliating them in front of others.
Cyberbullying: Using digital platforms to harass, threaten, or embarrass someone.

Finding Lily's Inner Magic does a great job of depicting how bullying can be subtle yet damaging. Through Lily’s experience, your child can see how harmful words and actions, even minor, can profoundly affect someone’s self-esteem and self-worth.
Effects of Being Bullied
Bullying can have severe and lasting effects by impacting your child’s emotional, social, and academic well-being. Some common effects include:

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