How to deal with bullies
written by Hermione Potter
Ever wanted to deal with those bullies? If you don't know how you can read this book.
Last Updated
05/31/21
Chapters
12
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570
How can I help someone who's being bullied?
Chapter 12
How can I help someone who's being bullied?
It takes strength to stand up to your bully, but sometimes it takes even more strength to stand up for someone else who is being bullied. After all, you don’t want to draw the bully’s attention to you and become victimized yourself, but by doing nothing to help you are making the bully even more powerful.
Ways you can help someone who is being bullied:
Do not stand around and watch. By becoming a bystander to someone being bullied, you are empowering the bully because you are giving him or her an audience, which is often what they want. Do not cheer, heckle, or record the situation with your phone
Tell the bully to stop. By stepping forward and telling a bully to stop, you are letting him or her, and everyone else around, that this is not okay. Once you speak up, others probably will, too. When bullies find out they are outnumbered by people who think what they are doing is not cool, they are more likely to stop.
Do not step in to fight the bully yourself. It may seem like a good idea to take on the bully yourself, especially if you are older or bigger, but you don’t know if the bully has a weapon, or how this may humiliate the person being bullied and make things worse.
Report the bullying to an adult. If the kid being bullied is too scared or ashamed to tell an adult, tell someone you trust immediately.
Befriend the victim and stay close. If someone is bullied at lunch, sit with him or her in the cafeteria. If they are bullied in the bathroom, offer to stand outside or check inside first. Walk home with the victim, stand with him or her at the bus stop, or offer to help them online if they are being cyberbullied.
It takes strength to stand up to your bully, but sometimes it takes even more strength to stand up for someone else who is being bullied. After all, you don’t want to draw the bully’s attention to you and become victimized yourself, but by doing nothing to help you are making the bully even more powerful.
Ways you can help someone who is being bullied:
Do not stand around and watch. By becoming a bystander to someone being bullied, you are empowering the bully because you are giving him or her an audience, which is often what they want. Do not cheer, heckle, or record the situation with your phone
Tell the bully to stop. By stepping forward and telling a bully to stop, you are letting him or her, and everyone else around, that this is not okay. Once you speak up, others probably will, too. When bullies find out they are outnumbered by people who think what they are doing is not cool, they are more likely to stop.
Do not step in to fight the bully yourself. It may seem like a good idea to take on the bully yourself, especially if you are older or bigger, but you don’t know if the bully has a weapon, or how this may humiliate the person being bullied and make things worse.
Report the bullying to an adult. If the kid being bullied is too scared or ashamed to tell an adult, tell someone you trust immediately.
Befriend the victim and stay close. If someone is bullied at lunch, sit with him or her in the cafeteria. If they are bullied in the bathroom, offer to stand outside or check inside first. Walk home with the victim, stand with him or her at the bus stop, or offer to help them online if they are being cyberbullied.
