Bullying

Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behaviour or influence to intimidate someone. This behaviour can include verbal harassment, threat or physical assault and it may be repeated towards particular targets. Sometime it is because of the differences of social class, race, religion, gender, appearance, behaviour, body language, size or ability etc.If bullying is done by group, it is called mobbing. It can be develop anywhere where people interact with each other. This includes school, college, workplace, family, neighbourhoods etc.

Some people find it very easy to ignore a bully, but others may find it very difficult to co-op up. Those who have been the targets of bullying can suffer from long term emotional and behavioural problems. It can cause loneliness, depression, anxiety and also lead to low self esteem. Bullying increases the risk of suicide. Bullying alone cannot be the reason to commit suicide. Depression is one of the main reason why people who are bullied commit suicide.

On the brighter side there are also positive outcomes from bullying It can teach life lessons and instill strength. Bullying can teach a child how to manage disputes and boost their ability to interact with others. And teachers should not interfere but leave the children to respond to themselves.