Bully vs. Conflict
Your best friend says, ¨Sorry I can't play today,¨ after she said she would play with you, ¨maybe tomorrow?¨ Is that bullying or conflict?
It is conflict
What is conflict?
A disagreement or an argument
What is bullying?
To seek harm or intimidate someone
How many states have anti-bullying laws?
49, Montana is the only state that does not.
Someone in your class calls you names multiple times a day. They always do it when the teacher can’t hear. Is that bullying or a conflict?
It is bullying
How can conflict be confused with bullying?
Mean things can be said and feelings can be hurt
Where does bullying usually happen?
Well, it can happen really anywhere, but the main places are where a teacher or adult can´t see you
How many kids do you think skip school because they are afraid of being bullied?
160,000 miss school an a daily average because of fear from getting bullied
Someone is texting mean messages to you. They keep doing it to you even though you ask them to stop many times. Is that bullying or conflict?
It is bullying
How is conflict DIFFERENT than bullying?
Conflict is a disagreement, where as bullying is repetitive and one person has power over the other.
Pushing someone on purpose everyday at recess, bullying or conflict?
Bullying
Calling someone mean names repeatedly and over the course of a long period of time. Conflict or bullying?
Bullying