How to Combat a Bully

by Grace

First of all the word combat means to fight off. (That doesn’t mean fight back.) Now, how to combat a bully. When you combat a bully, you should use shut downs such as: stop, that’s mean, that’s not cool, and that makes you look bad. You should also say like…I don’t like it when.(Example: I don’t like it when you call me mean names. Just stop.) Also, try to ignore them.(They may not work for some people.) Try to compromise. An example would be, If you stop hitting me , I wont tell on you anymore.
One thing you may not want to do is, do exactly what the bully is doing to you. Like, calling you mean names, hitting/kicking you, or annoying you on purpose. Try to be kind.
There are other ways to combat a bully. One way is to let a teacher or staff member know. BUT, if it happens more than once, TELL THE SAME TEACHER OR STAFF MEMBER! If you don’t tell the same teacher or staff member, that person will think it only happened once.(Which wouldn’t be true.) Another way would be, just walk away, and turn your back to the bully. That will let the bully know that you’re not enjoying that, and that they should stop whatever it was they were doing. Also you can solve the conflict by yourselves. But, if you can’t solve the conflict by your selves don’t be embarrassed, because it is a bully! They can be stubborn, or hard to work with sometimes (don’t worry it happens). Try to treat people the way you want to be treated, even though you should NEVER treat people unkindly.
So, I think you all know now how to combat a bully. Try to keep the world a kind place!!