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= Characteristics of Bullies = =Kate Bauder= = Dealing With Bullying = The purpose of this article is to give people a better understanding of bullies and how to stop bullying. This article could be for anyone who wants to know more about bullying. The main idea of this article is to see why bullies bully and how they pick their victims. The author's main focus is to give information about bullies. The author puts the most attention on giving tips to help victims overcome bullies. This article provides examples from a couple of kids that were diagnosed with diseases due to being bullied. The author convinces the reader that bullying can be dangerous and harmful. One of the consequences is suicide or depression. The author offers a solution to this problem which is either talking to a professional psychologist or a teacher that they look up to. The author also recommends for victims to just ignore the bullies or try to talk to them. The author of this piece concludes that bullying can be stopped.

Prevention of bullying, causes of bullying, characteristics of victims "Dealing With Bullying." Teens Health. Kidshealth.org, Oct. 2010. Web. 8 Feb. 2011


 * Robert Leombruno **

[|The Characteristics of a Bully & Cyber-Bully]

John W Sheridan wrote this article for anyone that is interested in learning about the characteristics of bullies. He also wrote this piece for parents to be informed to take action, and attention. John W Sheridan’s main idea and focus of writing this is to help people learn about bullies so they can take action towards bullies. Mr. Sheridan provides good facts and characteristics on bullies so they are easier to identify, like bullies seem to have high self-esteem. The author is convincing his point on characteristics of bullies by providing good detail characteristics. The big issue that the author is trying to get to is to be able to point out a bully so they can get help. The solutions to the issue are for parents to learn about bullying and start asking questions and helping out their son or daughter. John W Sheridan concludes that more adults, especially parents need to get involved with child bullying.

Bully facts, Characteristics of bullies, Inappropriate behaviors by bullies Sheridan, John W. "The Characteristics of a Bully & Cyber-Bully." EzineArticles.com. EzineArticles.com, 9 July 2010. Web. 8 Feb. 2011.

Types of Bullies
 * Moriah Baer**

The author of this webpage wanted to inform people about the different types of bullies, their reasoning and why their victims are who they are. Carol Watkins, reviewed bullying among the U.S. children and adolescents. 15 percent of the sampled children were bullies and between 2 and 10 percent of the students are both bullies and victims. To prevent further bullying to occur with someone, one could interfere and try to teach the bully how to interact with others. Bullying occurs more often because of the higher technology that has been discovered and because of family troubles at home or school.

Prevelance, Types of Bullies, Victims Watkins, Carol. "Types of Bullies." Healthy Place. Harry Croft, 18 Sept. 2009. Web. 8 Feb. 2011.

[|Who Bullies-and Why?]
 * Liz Belyea**

pacerteensagainstbullying.org is an organization dedicated to the prevention of bullying. In the article “Who Bullies-and Why?” the author intends to educate bullying victims and bystanders about the bullies who hurt them. The author focuses on empowering victims, and reinforces the fact bullies do not hold all the power. Using commonly known facts the author states that bullies may have a delusional view of reality. They may feel incredibly bad about themselves, or just the opposite and have an inflated ego. The author recommends victims to stand up to bullies and if need be definitely get an adult involved. If victims can stand up to bullies and get adults involved the rate of bullying can decline.

Bullying victims, Types of Bullies, Causes of bullying "Who Bullies-and Why?" Pacerteensagainstbullying.org. 2010. Web. 10 Feb. 2011.


 * Megan Humiston**

What Educators Need to Know About Bullying Behaviors

This author wrote the article mostly about what educators need to know about bullying. They focus the article mostly on the bullying behaviors and gives examples of myths about bullying to help with the process of knowing more about the kids they are dealing with and it also provides intervention ideas to help support the focus of the article. Educators don’t always know everything that’s going on so the writing provides examples of problems such as the educators not knowing enough to help these kids and to help the process of becoming more aware of the bullying in schools and how they can solve the problems caused by it. The author draws ideas in to the article for intervention and aid from schools to help end the bullying issues in these schools.

Peer victimization, Peer harassment, School bullying "What Educators Need to Know about Bullying Behaviors." Phi Delta Kappan (2010): 66+. Academic OneFile. Web. 4 Feb. 2011.

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Victor Rivero is trying to prevent bullying for high school students by showing the negative effects of bullying. From bullying, children commit suicide. People that bully get consequences such as lawsuits. It has also been shown that people that bullied in high school are known to have higher level crime in the future. To prevent bullying Victor Rivero believes that all schools should have safety plans so that they can be aware of any possible problem that may occur with bullying. It is shown in this article that bullying should not be tolerated. ======

Prevention, Suicide, Types of bullying Rivero, Victor. "The Politicization of Bullying." District Administration Jan. 2011: 1-8. Student Resource Center Junior. Web. 4 Feb. 2011.

Dealing with Bullying
 * Alexis Cone **

This website was made to try and help teenagers dealing with bullying. It tells how to prevent bullying, and how to try and stop it. This information was written for teenage students. It tells you how children should go to a trusted adult if they are being bullied or know of anyone being bullied. They believe that this could possibly stop bullying. In this article it is proven that bullying is an emotionally hard thing to deal with and if someone is ever put in that position they need to get help right away.

Teenagers, How to deal, Bullying violence "Dealing With Bullying." Teenshealth.org. The, ,, Oct. 2010. Web. 9 Feb. 2011.

Ashleigh Phillips

Understanding and Dealing with kids who Bully

Children who are being bullied are mostly likely insecure about themselves and maybe slower than others in school and out. Parents who’s kids are being bullied are recommended to tell their kids to tell an adult and to never fight back when it comes to bullying. Children who become bullies may have been introduced to violence and anger at an early age. Some children become bullies because they are just bored and crave attention. Both children who are being bullied are bullies either have issues or they have serious problems with themselves and the others around them.

hurtful ,Physical Bullying,victimization Fanning, Bridget. "Understanding and Dealing With Kids' Bullying Behavior." 4therapy Network Inc. 1998. Web. 8 Feb. 2011.

Marley Rovetto Types of Bullies

The purpose of this article is to inform adults and teens about the several different types of bullying because there are many forms. The author really focuses on the different types of bullies. The author suggests to get involved in clubs and other places where children or teens can discuss these issues and help solve some. The results of these actions will help victims of bullying cope and overcome their bully. Bullying should be taken care of and people should do more to get involved.

Abuse,solutions, help Watkins, Carol. "Types of Bullies." Healthy Place. Healthy Place, 18 Nov. 2009. Web. 7 Feb. 2011.

Nick Barone = A systematic literature review on response rates across racial and ethnic populations. =

This article shows the types of people, specifically African Americans, that are involved in bullying and how thing such as; Family Structure, grade, gang involvement, and gender effect whether a person will be involved in bullying. Negative effects of bullying are apparent when statistics are presented for the percentage of people that will participate in bullying. When asked about; family structure, grade, gang involvement and gender as well as other basic questions, the statistics show higher risks of bullying and higher chances of other problems in the future when the person is involved with a gang, have a poor family structure, what gender and if the person is in elementary, junior high school or high school. While the authors do not provide a specific solution they do realize that bullying is a major problem and needs to be resolved as soon as possible.

Fitzpatrick, Kevin M. "Not Just Pushing and Shoving: School Bullying among African American Adolescents." Thefreelibrary.com. 2010 Gale, Cengage Learning, 2010. Web. .

Alyssa Condon

The Bully Victim and Bystander Personalities

The author of this article categorized the different types of victims. There are three main types of bully victims; passive victims, provocative victims, and vicarious victims. There are numerous ways to determine a person's victimology. For example, tell a teacher or trusted adult. Even stand up to the bully if your brave enough. Many times, victims remain to themselves, withdraw from activities, and become nervous easier. Many people become victims and never report it. Just inviting someone into your group of friends could help resolve some bully issues. victims, bystanders, and bully prevention Guilbeau, Nina. "The Bully Victim and Bystander Personalities." Bella Online. 2011. Web. 9 Feb. 2011.

Nick Barone

[|The Bully Personality]

This Article informs the reader of the types of people bullies are. It informs the reader of how to better understand bullies and why they do what they do. The article tells the reader what kind of parents the bully would usually have and gives examples of the signs of a bully and informs the parents what to do and what not to do. she categorizes what characteristics the bully may have and what parents should do if they suspect their child is bullying. she suggest to take swift measures to stop and prevent bullying

Guilbeau, Nina. "The Bully Personality." Bellaonline.com. 2011. Web. .

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