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Bullying in schools happens when bullies threaten, tease or physically attack other kids. They have little respect for other people. Here's a few tips for school bullying:

·      Avoid the bully.  This might mean taking a different route to school.  You may need to enlist your folks or an older sibling to drive you.

·      Hang out with other kids. Kids who do bullying in schools often like to do their dirty work privately, so nobody can rat on them.

·      Steer clear of empty bathrooms and remote stairwells and hallways. where school bullying happens. This is where bullies tend to hide to do their dirty work. Bullying in schools often occurs in remote school locations so nobody but the bully and the victim will ever know it happened.

·        Don’t hit, punch or kick the bully.  The bully may do the same to you.  Fighting is never a good solution for school bullying. Violence only creates more violence.

·        I’d get my friends to confront the bully and tell them to cut it out, with me along, too.  I don’t think people like that want kids to get in their faces, so you’ll kind of scare the bully away. Nick, age 13

·      Walk away from the bully when he or she approaches when bullying in school happens.

·      Sometimes you may need to enlist the help of an adult. Tell a teacher or some other authority figure, even the bully might respect.

·      You are not alone in being bullied, bullying in schools is so common that about 75% of all kids have been hassled by bullies by the time they reach eighth grade.  bullying in