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Bullying in Middle Childhood - Coggle Diagram
Bullying in Middle Childhood
Why middle childhood may be prominent for bullying
Children become more independent
Heavily influenced by external influences
Increased need to seek approval from others
Foundation for identity, skills, habits and values are set
Dealing with changes/challenges of puberty
Predicting future consequences is a challenge
For cyber bullying specifically, the lack of visual cues make it difficult for children to determine someones reaction which can conceal the harmful impact on others
Solutions
Importance of solutions at this stage
Developing ability to self regulate emotions they should be guided to do this through means other than bullying
Coping skills are improving during this stage but not fully developed so they should be guided to develop them appropriately
Children are now able to understand things from different perspectives so they should be shown how bullying can affect someone else to discourage that behaviour
Proposed solutions
Steering away from basic interventions (ex. posters, assemblies)
Workshops which suggest alternative ways for children to deal with emotions other than bullying
More accessible and safe ways to report bullying
Building bullying prevention into the curriculum
Easy access to resources for those who are subject to bullying
Characteristics
Victims
Unpopular
Quiet
Different
Bullies
Delinquent behaviour
Agressive behaviour
Effects of bullying on the victim
Poor social development
Poor emotional development
Poor academic development
Poor health development
Types of bullying
Verbal/emotional
Physical victimization
Cyber