DEALING WITH

BULLYING:
WHAT KIDS, PARENTS AND
SCHOOL AUTHORITIES CAN DO

BY
DR. CECILIA LIWANAG CALUB
Professor, Tarlac State University
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 PRELIMINARY Activity 

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1. Group yourselves and choose your
leader
2. Think of an adjective that best
describes your group.
3. Create a group yell and be ready to
present it once your group is called.

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 Individuals
differ in their
personality...
even in their
“drawings.”
(Do the “Pig Personality” for fun)

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 LEARNING OUTCOMES

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1. Define bullying, the many forms it takes,
the causes and its effects on both the bullied
and the bully;
2. Respond well when you see occurrence of
bullying;
3. Suggest better practices and/or intervention
strategies to reduce bullying incidence;
4. Refer to legislations as legal bases for anti-
bullying; and
5. Create an action plan and execute a relevant
event in your school/ community.

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 BULLYING: Its Meaning

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Bullying is an unwanted aggressive behavior
that includes:
1. IMBALANCE OF POWER
Physical strength, age, size, popularity, sharper
tongue, presence of weapon, access to
money/resources/information
1. REPETITION
2. ACTIONS such as making threats, spreading
rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally,
and excluding someone from a group on purpose
(Olweus 1991,1993)
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 Types or Forms of

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 1. Verbal Bullying
Saying or writing mean things by:
• Teasing;
• Name-calling;
• Inappropriate sexual comments;
• Taunting; or
• Threatening to cause harm.

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2. Physical Bullying
 Hurting a person’s body or
destroying possessions by:
 Hitting/kicking/pinching;
 Spitting;
 Tripping/pushing;
 Taking/ breaking someone’s things;
 Making mean look or rude hand
gestures.

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3. Social Bullying
 Hurting someone’s reputation or
relationships by:
 Leaving someone out on purpose;
 Telling other children not to be friends with
the target;
 Spreading rumors about her;
 Embarrassing her in public;
 Excluding her from the group or events;
 Talking behind her back;
 Telling lies about her;
 Giving her the silent treatment; or
 Using relationships to control or harm the
target.

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 4. Prejudicial Bullying
Rejection or isolation of a person
because of ethnicity, religion, and race.
It includes:
• Gestures
• Racial slurs or taunts
• Name calling
• Making fun of customs/costume/skin
color/accent/food choices

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5. Sexual Bullying
 Unwanted or unwelcome sexual behavior that
interferes with a child’s life. It includes being :
• Target of sexual comments, jokes, gestures, or
looks;
• Called gay or lesbian;
• Touched, grabbed, pinched, or brushed up
against in a sexual way;
• Flashed or mooned;
• The object of sexual rumors or graffiti;
• Spied on while undressing or showering;
• Being forced to kiss or do something sexual; or
• Having clothing pulled down or off .

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 7. Cyberbullying
 Utilizes cell phones, instant
messaging, videos, e-mail,
chatrooms, blogging, social
networking sites such as FG, IG, or
Twitter to:
• Threaten;
• Insult;
• Harass;
• Spread rumors; or
• Impersonate others. (See Video 1)

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 8. Hazing
Hazing (US English), initiation ceremonies (British
English), bastardization (Australian English) or
ragging (South Asia) ... A bullying behavior
 The practice of rituals, challenges, and other
activities involving harassment, abuse or
humiliation used as a way of initiating a person
into a group including a new fraternity, sorority,
team, or club.

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• Seen in many different types of social groups,
the initiation rites can range from relatively
playful trick, to prolonged patterns of
unpleasant behavior that rise to the level of
abuse or criminal misconduct.
• Prohibited by law or by institutions because it
may include either physical or psychological
abuse, may also include nudity or sexual
assault.

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 BULLYING PRACTICES
Among Schoolchildren

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1. I was teased and called names.
2. They said something bad about my family.
3. I was hit, kicked, and pushed.
4. They said that they would hurt me.
5. They shouted at me and cursed me.
6. They pulled my hair.
7. They insulted me and laughed at my
appearance (clothes, hair, legs)
8. They gave me mean or bad look.

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 9. They didn’t talk to me or sit by me
10. They took my belongings/things.
11. They made other children not talk to me.
12. They crashed into me on purpose as they
walked by
13. They tried to hurt me on my way to school
and from home
14. They broke and destroyed my things.
15. They got the food that I was eating.
16. They forced me to give them money.
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 REASONS for Bullying

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1. I just don’t like her/him.
2. He/She is lazy and does not help in the school.
3. I don’t like noisy girl/boy.
4. He/She is big.
5. He/She is small.
6. Fat girls/boys look funny.
7. He/She won’t lend me her things.
8. He/She is dull, boring, and knows nothing in
the school.
9. I don’t like the way she/he speaks.
10. He/She is my teacher’s favorite.
11. He/She is bright and talented.
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 EFFECTS of Bullying on the:
1. Victims
2. Bullies

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On the Bullied:
1. I feel sad, and I hate the bully.
2. I couldn’t concentrate on my studies. I always think of
what he/she/they did to me.
3. I am angry at them.
4. I don’t want to go to school anymore .
5. I always feel that people don’t like me.
6. I am not happy in the school. I only want to sat at home.
7. I don’t want to join school activities anymore.
8. I don’t want to go home alone.
9. I always feel sick ( My head aches. My stomach aches)
10. I can’t sleep well.
11. I want to die.

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On the Bully:
1. I am also hurt, and I feel sad.
2. My parents scold me.
3. My grades became very low.
4. I get into more fights.
5. My teacher scolds me.
6. I feel that my classmates don’t like me anymore.
7. I feel I became popular.
8. I feel happy when I fight with a classmate I don’t like .
9. I think that my teachers don’t like me anymore.
10. I want to transfer to another school.
11. I don’t like myself.
12. I enjoy it
13. I think I am brave. (See Video 2 )

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 INTERVENTION STRATEGIES
to Prevent the Occurrence of
Bullying Inside and Outside
the School

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 Brainstorming Session
What intervention
strategies may school
authorities suggest to
prevent or reduce
bullying behavior inside
and outside the school?

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Schoolchildren said:
1. The school should advise, discipline, or punish the
bullies.
2. The school should make strict policies and rules about
anti-bullying campaign.
3. Teachers should teach about bullying and its bad effects
to the bullied and the bully.
4. They should teach us to love and respect one another.
5. They should talk to the bully and to her/his parents.
6. They should help us in our problems, not only give tests.
7. They should listen and give attention to us when we
report about bullying that is going on.
8. They should manage our school better and look after our
behavior
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School authorities said:
1. Hold regular parents- teachers meeting
2. Provide trainings on how to prevent school bullying
3. At the PTA conference parents may be enlisted to work
with them in stopping bullying.
4. Conduct schoolwide assemblies/ forums on anti-bullying
campaign
5. Refer bullies and their targets/victims to the school
guidance counselor for counseling
6. Hold regular homeroom discussions on good manners
and right conduct
7. Document every misbehavior observed in and out the
school.
8. Identify bullies and their targets/victims to address their
individual problems and needs.
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9. Monitor children proven to be bullies
10.Monitor ongoing anti-bullying campaign
11.Reward children for good social behavior/attitude
12.Ask parents and school pupil-leaders to volunteer in
helping supervise hot spots where bullying occurs.
13.Drop by unexpectedly to observe your class in less –
structured situations in the cafeteria, playground,
hallways, comfort rooms, or gym and note some
patterns of bullying done by individuals or groups.
14.Have a contact directory
15.Secure active collaboration with the barangay officials,
Philippine National Police, or Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD) via seminars or
series of forums on anti-bullying
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Place posters on anti-bullying in strategic places as
reminders.

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 The ROLE OF PARENTS in
the Prevention of Bullying

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 Brainstorming Session
1. As parents of bullies,
what intervention strategies
can you suggest to stop your
children from bullying?
2. As parents of bullied
kids, what intervention
strategies can you suggest to
help your children avoid the
bullies?
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Parents Whose Kids Are Bullied:
1. Talk to my child’s teacher about it instead of
confronting the bully’s parents
2. Teach my child non-violent ways of dealing with
bullies, like, walking away from them, playing
with friends
3. Not encourage my child to fight.
4. Help my child walk and talk with confidence.
5. Tell my child to ignore or avoid the bully.

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6. Talk to the parents of the bully in a nice, tactful
way.
7. Involve my child in social and/or religious
activities outside the school.
8. If the teacher doesn’t act to stop bullying, I talk
to the school principal or to the guidance
counselor
9. Follow-up my child’s behavior or performance
in the school.
10.Teach my child not to bully too.
11.I should not bully my own children and others.
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 Parents with Bully Kids:
1. Serve as good example of kindness and leadership.
2. Talk to my child and find out why he /she bullies.
3. Talk with and listen to my child everyday
4. Teach my child to solve problems without using
violence and praise them when they do.
5. Give my child positive feedback when they behave
well to boost their self-esteem
6. Actively support school bully prevention programs
7. Establish strict household rules about bullying

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8. Make the home bully-free
9. Always remind and educate my child that bullying
should not be a normal part of childhood.
10.Dine, pray, play, or travel together with family
members
11.Stop bullying right away, even if my child is the one
bullying
12.Suggest an intervention program for anti-bullying
in the school
13.Coach my child how to become good witness of
bullying.
14.Won’t bully my child or others in front of other
people.
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 LEGISLATIONS
that Aim to Protect Victims
of Bullying and Hazing

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 RA 10627: The Anti-Bullying Act

Aims to protect children enrolled in

kindergarten, elementary, and secondary
schools and learning centers (collectively,
“Schools”) from being bullied.
 Requires Schools to adopt policies to
address the existence of bullying in their
respective institutions.

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What are required of Schools under the Act?
• Are directed to adopt policies, which are to be
regularly updated, to address the existence of
bullying in their respective institutions.
• These policies are to be reported to the
appropriate school division superintendent of the
DepEd during the first week of every academic year.
• During this period, the School shall also submit a
report of relevant information and statistics on
bullying and retaliation culled from the previous
academic year.
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 What must these policies contain?
• The policies must prohibit bullying as already
defined. Schools must likewise define the range of
administrative disciplinary actions that may be taken
against a bully, or a person who commits retaliation.
• The School shall also educate parents and guardians
about bullying, its effects, the anti-bullying policies
of the School, and how such parents or guardians
can provide support in imparting upon their charges
the gravity of bullying, and to reinforce the policies
of the School.
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 The School shall likewise establish clear procedures
and strategies for:
• Reporting acts of bullying or retaliation. The School
must provide an avenue wherein students may
anonymously report acts of bullying or retaliation;
• Responding promptly to and investigating reports of
bullying or retaliation;
• Restoring a sense of safety for a victim and assessing
the student’s need for protection;
• Protecting from bullying or retaliation of a person who
reports acts of bullying, provides information during an
investigation of bullying, or is witness to or has reliable
information about an act of bullying;
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• Providing counseling or referral to appropriate services
for perpetrators, victims and appropriate family
members of said students;
• In all cases wherein a penalty may possibly be
imposed, due process must be observed to prevent
false accusations of bullying. At a minimum, the School
complies with the requirements of due process by:
• Informing the student and parent or guardian of the
complaint in writing;
• Giving the student, with the assistance of his parents
or guardian, an opportunity to answer the complaint in
writing;

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• Requiring the School head to issue the
decision, in writing, and stating the facts and
reasons thereof; and
• Allowing an appeal for the decision with the
appropriate division office of the Department.

Any student, after due investigation, found to

have knowingly made a false accusation of
bullying shall be subjected to appropriate
disciplinary action or intervention in accordance
with the rules of the School or the Department.
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Who will implement these anti-bullying policies
of the School?
The School’s Child Protection Committee shall serve as the body
which will handle all bullying cases in the School. It shall be
composed of:
• the School head or administrator as chairperson;
• the School guidance counselor as vice chairperson;
• a representative of the teachers as designated by the School
faculty;
• a representative of the parents as designated by the Parents-
Teachers Association;
• a representative of the students, except in kindergarten, as
designated by the student council; and
• a representative of the community as designated by the barangay
captain wherein the school is located.

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What happens if the School, or its personnel, fails
to comply with the Act?

• School personnel of public schools shall be

subject to administrative disciplinary
proceedings under the rules of the Civil Service
or the DepEd.
• Erring personnel of private schools shall be
subject to appropriate administrative
disciplinary proceedings imposed by the
school.

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 RA No 8049: The Anti-Hazing Law
Some acts of hazing have been criminalized and
punished as follows:
The penalty of reclusion perpetua if death, rape,
sodomy or mutilation results there from.
The penalty of reclusion temporal in its
maximum period (17 years, 4 months and 1 day
to 20 years) if in consequence of the hazing the
victim shall become insane, imbecile, impotent
or blind.
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The penalty of reclusion temporal in its medium
period (14 years, 8 months and one day to 17
years and 4 months) if in consequence of the
hazing the victim shall have lost the use of
speech or the power to hear or to smell, or shall
have lost an eye, a hand, a foot, an arm or a leg
or shall have lost the use of any such member
shall have become incapacitated for the activity
or work in which he was habitually engaged.

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 CONCLUDING STATEMENTS

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Every school, every home, every community
should be a safe place where children can...

It is the responsibility of school leaders,

teachers, parents, government officials,
and the entire society to ensure that
safety.
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