Bullying is a form of abuse that involves repeated acts over time to establish power over another person. It can cause both physical and emotional harm to victims. While physical effects may be visible, the psychological impacts can be even more damaging long-term. Bullying does not require physical contact. The document provides tips for parents if their child is being bullied, including talking to their child, the school, teaching avoidance techniques, and practicing responses. It also discusses how bullying is depicted in the book Twisted and includes statistics from a survey of 30 people on experiences with and views of bullying.

1. Bullying By: Kaity Fucina, Jen Gumulak, & Cristian Barros.

2. Definition: Bullying is a form of abuse. It involves repeated acts over time attempting to create or enforce one person's (or a group's) power over another person.

3. Bullying can be a very traumatic experience for your child. It can cause physical and emotional harm, and damage your child for a long time to come. Indeed, a victim of bullying can suffer from physical injury, but the long lasting effects to someone’s psyche can be even more damaging in the long term, even though these effects might be subtle. It is also important to note that bullying can take place without physical contact.

4. Bullying Is a Bigger Problem then you think Every day thousands of teens wake up afraid to go to school. Bullying is a problem that affects millions of students, and it has everyone worried, not just the kids on its receiving end. Yet because parents, teachers, and other adults don't always see it, they may not understand how extreme bullying can get.

6. Talk to the school authorities-Discuss the problem with your child’s teacher, principal or counselor.

7. Teach your child to avoid the bully- child does not need to fight back. Encourage him or her to avoid the bully when possible.

8. Encourage your child to be assertive-It is not necessary to fight back to defeat a bully. You can teach your child to stand up straight and tell the bully, firmly, to leave him or her alone.

9. Practice with your child-practice what to say to a bully, or how to leave a situation that could turn into bullying.

11. Difference on handling bullying: How our school would deal with bullying: How twisted dealt with bullying: After Tyler was bullied he avoided talking to anyone. At Tyler's school they didn’t ask him questions as to why he had bruises and open cuts on his face. Instead, put him in a room making him look like the one in trouble. Publically embarrassing him. They really didn’t do anything to Chip or any of his friends. If someone were bullied in our school we would talk to a consular, our parents, someone close to us. Teachers and consular's would force us to give them any information we knew. If the bullying is to bad we get detention or can go as far as getting suspended.

12. Statistics out of 30 people: 1.) If you have seen bullying you would try to prevent it. 25 Agree 5 Disagree 2.) If you yourself were bullied you would tell someone. 22 Agree 8 Disagree 3.) You have physically or emotionally bullied someone before. 17 Agree 13 Disagree 4.) Bullies tend to be physically larger and stronger than their peers. 12Agree 19 Disagree 5.) Being bullied can result in anxiety, depression, behavior problems and poor academic performance. 26 Agree 4 Disagree

13. Statistic out of 30 people: 6.) Do you think there is bullying at West? 28 Yes 2 No 7.) Have you ever been bullied? 12 Yes 18 No 8.) Did you ever bully anyone before? 14 Yes 16 No 9.) Does bullying affect the way a person acts? 27 Yes 3 No 10.) Do you think bullying can cause depression? 26 Yes 4 No 11.) Do you think bullying is focused at a certain age? 8 Yes 22 No

15. Summary Many people deal with bullying, more often then you see or hear about. Whether it being physical or emotional.

16. References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=bullying&wrapid=tlif12919099722211&safe=active&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1419&bih=691 http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/bullies.html