1.  Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior
among school aged children that involves a
real or perceived power imbalance. The
behavior is repeated, or has the potential to
be repeated, over time. Bullying includes
actions such as making threats, spreading
rumors, attacking someone physically or
verbally, and excluding someone from a
group on purpose.

2. • Bullying can affect
everyone—those who
are bullied, those who
bully, and those who
witness bullying.
• Bullying is linked to
many negative
outcomes including
impacts on mental
health, substance
use, and suicide.

3. Bullying can happen anywhere, but depending on the
environment, some groups may be at an increased risk. No single
factor puts a child at risk of being bullied or bulling others. Bullying
can happen anywhere—cities, suburbs, or rural towns. Depending on
the environment, some groups—such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or
transgender (LGBT) youth, youth with disabilities, and socially isolated
youth—may be at an increased risk of being bullied.

4. Parents, school staff, and other adults in the
community can help kids prevent bullying by
talking about it, building a safe school
environment, and creating a community-wide
bullying prevention strategy. Find out what you
can do by responding to bullying.