Bullying: sorting the facts from the myths

Bullying is nothing new. Our hyper connected world has, however,  ensured greater awareness of the nature and consequences of bullying and much needed discussion has followed.  In order to be most effective in our dealing with bullying behaviour, both in preventing it and dealing with it when it happens, we need to make sure we can cut through some of the noise. We need to sort the facts from the myths.

There are many behaviours that we often lump under the banner of bullying. But in essence, bullying involves the following 3 elements

the use of power over another aggressive in nature frequent and ongoing