What is bullying?

Bullying is a serious problem, and is something lots of children and young people experience.

Bullying is when someone (or a group of people) with more power than you, repeatedly and intentionally uses negative words and/or actions against you, which causes you distress and risks your wellbeing.

Bullying is a serious problem. In Australian schools bullying affects approximately one student in every four.1

Bullying can be very harmful and it should not be part of anyone's growing up.

There are five kinds of bullying.

1. Cross, D., Shaw, T., Hearn, L., Epstein, M., Monks, H., Lester, l., & Thomas, L. 2009. Australian Covert Bullying Prevalence Study (ACBPS). Child Health Promotion Research Centre, Edith Cowan University, Perth.