What makes a Bully?

Friday, 17 October 2008 18:38

Bullying behavior can be identified as early as pre-school age, and some children who are bullies continue this behavior into adulthood. Most children learn to control their anger and fighting instincts as they grow older, but not the bully. These children have special characteristics. Children who systematically bully others usually have a group of children they bully regularly while other bullies randomly target a variety of students.

Bullies have particular behavior and personality traits. Dr. Sam Samenow describes these as:

greater than average aggressive behavior patterns
the desire to dominate peers
the need to feel in control, to win
no sense of remorse for hurting another child
a refusal to accept responsibility for his/her behavior

Parent(s) of bullies usually support their child's aggressive behavior toward other children and often bully their child.

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yoo ! said:

	ads this is so lame and not true .
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February 18, 2009 7:40pm
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shasha said:

	what i have to say. dont ever let a bully take over u if u do it will just make it worst ok u should stand up for your self
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March 16, 2009 3:03pm
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suck it said:

	suck it suck it if u love bullies u suck yeaand kiss it to yeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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March 16, 2009 3:04pm
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Angel said:

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June 16, 2009 7:41pm
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jarred said:

	bullying dont let people bully you stand up for yourself but dont start a fight ok
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October 26, 2009 10:27am
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abby funtown said:

	victim i was bullied never knew what to do and people taunted for that. now i stand ready to fight for someone are you one of thoose people? think about it have you ever been bullied and wanted it to stop? now are you are you ready to take a stand
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December 09, 2009 5:38pm
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katy hopple said:

	bullying is not cool bullying is not cool, the only reason there is bullying in the usa and in public schools is because there are people that have a bad life and so they take it out on other people or they are jelouse and that is what they do to make there day better and so please help stop bullying in schools and please make a differentice thank you
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January 04, 2010 11:56am
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