There is
definitely a difference between teasing and bullying. Teasing can be between
friends and family who know the child on a personal level. For example me and
my dad always tease each other it’s not bullying we love each other it’s just
us poking fun at each other. But if someone who didn’t know me very well were
to call me names or push me it would be bullying. The main way a teacher can determine when a
student being bullied is intent. When children are friends it’s just teasing but
when students go out of their way to hurt someone else because they don’t like
them it is bullying. If the intention is just to make the other person laugh it
is all in good fun. Hurting someone morally and making the other children
around them laugh is bullying. Teachers have to intervene if the situation at
hand is bullying and even if it is teasing the teacher should still make sure
the student is comfortable with what is going on. If it is bullying or teasing
the child that it is directed towards is the judge of what it is and should
feel comfortable with what the other person is saying. If the child is not comfortable
with what is being said the teacher has to be direct and tell the bully that
what he is doing is wrong and that they need to stop. If it still continues
higher level punishment should be put in order and parents should be called to
make notice of the situation. By telling the parents it puts another set of
eyes on the children making different viewpoint on certain situations making it
easier to find a solution to the problems.
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