Top 7 Strategies to Help End Bullying

Bullying is a worldwide pandemic. In the United States, everyday over 160,000 students skip school so they won’t be bullied. To help keep yourself safe and help end bullying here are 7 strategies you can implement.

1. Make friends and hang out with them. Bullies are less likely to pick on someone in a group than someone who is alone.
   
   
2. Try to avoid the areas where bullies hang out.
   
   
3. Speak well of yourself so others will speak well of you. Don’t put yourself down verbally, that’s giving others permission to do so too.
   
   
4. Act confident. Discover what you love to do and excel at it, nurture it and feel good about it. If you don’t feel confident, fake it till you make it.
   
   
5. Don’t spread rumors, don’t repeat name calling. Make bullying not cool!
   
   
6. Report dangerous, destructive or disturbing incidences to someone in authority.
   
   
7. Become a defender of the undefended. If you feel confident enough help someone out who might be being bullied. If you aren’t confident enough, report the incident to someone in authority.

Andy Tomko is The Recovering Bully. As a motivational speaker he specializes in areas of bullying, non-violence, personal growth and character issues. To learn more please visit his website http://www.youbigbully.com