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Bullying
Bullying is when someone is mean to
you, you share your feelings and ask them to stop, and they don’t.
The goal of the definition is to teach children how to differentiate
between meanness and bullying. Meanness (non-bullying) is when
someone is mean to you, you share your feelings and ask them to stop
and they do. The decision as to when meanness rises to the level of
bullying is determined by children under the guidance of an adult.
The lesson "Just Joking" has a list of suggestions as to what can be
said to handle meanness and a list as to what can be said to handle
bullying. Here are two examples:
The Application of the Bullying Definition to Good Values
1. Caring about the feelings of others is important.
If someone is mean to you and you share your feelings, you ask them
to stop and they do, then they are not bullying you. Therefore it is
your obligation to continue to be concerned about their feelings
even though they have been mean to you. On the other hand, if
someone is mean to you and you share your feelings, you ask them to
stop and they don’t, then they are bullying you. In this case you
don’t have an obligation to continue to be concerned about their
feelings because they are bullying you.
2. Including others in activities is
important.
If someone is mean to you and you
share your feelings, you ask them to stop and they do, then they are
not bullying you. Thus it is your obligation to continue to include
them in your activities even though they have been mean to you.
Conversely, if someone is mean to you and you share your feelings,
you ask them to stop and they don't, then they are bullying you. In
this case you don't have an obligation to include them in your
activities because they are bullying you.
The above applications of the bullying definition can be applied to
all other good values. Furthermore, the above two examples of
dealing with bullying not only apply to the recipient of the mean
act but also to friends and bystanders who have witnessed the mean
act.
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