Bullied Students Often Show Signs of Physical and Mental Abuse. Bullying Can Lead to Suicide.

 

"Bullying is persistent unwanted aggressive behavior, preventing and stopping it is the solution"

 

How to Recognize Bullied or Harassed Students

No single trait will allow you to identify bullied students. However, there are signs and actions that alert parents of a possible bullied child. Before making suggestions on how to recognize bullied children; it is important to know how bullies pick their victim.

 

 

How Bullies Pick Potential Victims

There are characteristics that bullies look for in selecting their victim. Generally, bullies look for potential victims who appears weak, insecure, cautious, small in size, and often appears to have low self esteem. Sometimes bullies will pick the new kid in school regardless of size or characteristics. Some times these new students are isolated from peers, and may be limited in social skills. Often victims do not defend themselves against bullies and are viewed as students who are different or don't fit in socially in the mind of a bully.

 

What Bullies Look For In Victims

 

Bullies make most decisions spontaneously, but they are motivated by three very distinct characteristics. First, bullies look for students who are different, second victims who appear weak, and finally students who appear to be alone, isolated or non social. Children who appear weak, defenseless, or display an inability to stand up for them selves are attacked by vicious bullies as iron to magnet. Children who appear weak, different, or defenseless are the preferred target of most bullies.

 

 

 

 

10 Visual Signs That Identify Bullied Children

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Different, weakness, fear, non social, and isolation are characteristics by which bullies select potential victim. Parents should pay close attention to any child who may appear or act different. Here are ten signs parents should be aware of to help determine if their child is being bullied at school.

 

 

1.New or unexplained physical injuries--Bruises, cuts, swellings,or scratches should be the first things parents notice. Children will often try to find someway to hide these injuries, or pretend it was an accident..

 

2.High number of sick days--Children often do not want to go to school if they are being bullied . They prefer to pretend sick. Sickness are short lives if the child is granted permission to stay home. Some children stay home to avoid being bullied at school.

 

3. Disappearing items--Disappearing jewelry, electronics, clothes, and money are signs that a child is paying "bully ransom" to a bully. The bully is requiring valuable item from a child who is intimidated and in fear of physical harm. Bullies have been known to require expensive item including cash from some victims.

 

4. Change in eating habits. or appetite--If a child who does not eat much, suddenly needs more food to take to school, he may be replying to "bully orders" Also, if a child's attitude or appetite changes, and he is never hungry, he may be suffering "bully complex".

 

5. Isolation--If your usual outgoing child remains at home and withdraws from friends and others, he may be suffering from peer isolation,or trying to hide from a bully. Sudden isolation or withdraw is an early warning sign.

 

6. Difficulty Sleeping--Bully intimidation is a stressful event for students. They often think about it in silence. Parents are seldom told about bullies but they realize something is wrong with their child. Bullied children have difficulty sleeping and often have dreams of harassment when they do sleep. Children have sleepless nights because they subconsciously fear the possible intimidation of bullies the next day.

 

7. Grades Decline--There are reasons why students grades decline. When bright, conscientious, academic orientated students grades decline for no apparent reason, get suspicious. If they cannot provide a reasonable explanation for grade declining, look for bullying. There may be other unseen factors,but bullying is a strong suspect.

 

8. Self Inflicted Injury--Bullied children are often made to feel worthlessness. Students have been known to cut ,injure, deface, or bruise them self in various ways. One of the more serious self injuries is suicide or attempts to commit suicide.

 

9. Avoidance Syndrome--When children are being bullied they sometime try to avoid the bully. They try to avoid school by deliberately missing the bus. cutting classes, pretending sick, and sometimes try to transfer to another school. They will often ask for a ride to school rather than take the school bus or walk a different route if they walk to school.

 

10. Suicide Prone-This is perhaps the most dangerous of all signs. Students talk about ending it all. Some say no one loves them, think they have no friends , they are ugly, useless, and no one likes them. Children in this group are often worried, depressed, stay in their room and often are sad and tearful. These are warning that a child may be a victim of cyber bullying. Bullying on the Internet repeatedly by several people, who often make untrue,distasteful, vile comments often personal. Generally, the student is unaware who is posting or making the degrading comments for all to see. Cyber bullying can and have led to suicide.

 

 

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Below are common traits that appeals to bullies, and results in children becoming victim of aggression.

 

• Children with disabilities or a handicap
• Children who are fat or overweight
• Children who are the smallest or fearful
• Children who are extremely smart or academic
• Children who are "bookworms" or read often
• Children who don't stand up for themselves
• Children of different races, cultures, or religions
• Children with low or high economic status.
• Children who are shy,wear glasses, or cry easily
• Children they are jealous of or dislike
• Children with skin conditions or birth imperfections

• Children who look, act, or are different in any way