Physical Stature Bullying

1. Physical Stature Bullying

2. What is it? • Bullying-Bullying can be defined as ongoing verbal and/or physical harassment/abuse that occurs in community and/or school settings.  Bullies use aggression or threat of it, to gain control over peers.  They tend to target children who are weaker in physical or verbal ability than they.  Non- assertive youngsters who will not defend themselves or seek assistance often become prey too.

3. Effects • Continuous bullying can have multiple effects on the student, for physical stature bullying the effects are: • Eating Disorder • Over Exercise

4. Eating Disorders • There are three different types of eating disorders: • Anorexia- not eating or eating enough to get by • Bulimia- throwing up after eating • Binge Eating- over eating

5. Warning Signs • Change in weight • Change in personality • Pale Appearance/ Unhealthy Looking • Tired/Irritable

6. Solutions • There are many different types of therapy that help people with disorders. • Counseling

7. Over Exercising • Obsessing over your body and exercising to dangerous limits that is considered unhealthy

8. Solutions • Therapy • Counseling

9. Real Life Issues That Plagues Schools

10. How To Stop It • Don’t judge others because you wouldn’t want people to judge you • Get along even if you can’t be friends show respect for your peers because you don’t want to be the one responsible for a disastrous decision.