Wishing you all the best with exams
Here at oxme, we would like to wish all the best to everyone sitting exams.
Remember to rest and take extra care of your wellbeing.
Bullying is happening, but why does it happen, and what can we do to stop it?
To stop bullying everyone needs to take action together. Everybody needs to know that bullying behaviour is unacceptable. To do this properly, everyone needs the knowledge and support to stop bullying.
This includes:
Everyone needs to be supported and helped. This is the only way to stop bullying that works.
Crucial: Research shows that calling people bullies or victims does not help. It can even make behaviour worse, and suffering more painful. There are better outcomes when people are told that their bullying behaviour is unacceptable, and that they need to change.
People have excuses for why they bully. They might say things like, "I am unhappy" or "I have problems at home." While it is important to sort out problems, difficulties like this are not a reason for bullying others. Most young people who are unhappy or have problems at home do not bully other people.
They might also deny that what they are doing is bullying, saying "I'm just having fun" or "It's just banter". These young people may need support to understand the harm their behaviour does and learn better ways of having fun. But this must not distract from stopping the bullying.
People bully others for three main reasons:
Every time someone bullies another person, these problems become worse, creating more stress and often more bullying.
People can be bullied for any reason. Here are some examples:
But in most cases of bullying, there is no reason. The bullying behaviour is random or impulsive, and done without much thought about the other person.
Crucial: When people target another person because of a characteristic like gender, sexual orientation, race or cultural identity, this is not bullying. It is discrimination and is against the law.