Aggressive behavior may be bullying depending on what happened, how often it happens, and who it happens to. Find out what bullying is and what the different types are. You can also learn more about other topics related to bullying.

Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children 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.

• What We Know About Bullying

• About Bullying and Cyberbullying

• What You Can Do

• Cyberbullying During COVID-19

• Support for Bullied Children

• Understanding Why Kids Bully

• Children Who Bully

• BP 5145.9 Hate-Motivated Behavior

• BP 5131.2 Bullying

• BP 6163.4 Student Use of Technology / Network Acceptable Use Agreement / Digital Citizenship Code of Honor
  

• Parents Can Prevent Cyberbullying

• How to Talk to Your Kids About the News and Protect Their Sense of Safety

• Innerbody Research, Bullying Prevention Resources

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