Potential Magazine August 2014 | Page 14

wise words mean girls IS IT BULLYING? Teen bullying, be it physical or mental, is gaining more and more national attention and has been proven to be dangerous, with several recent cases resulting in suicide. But just because someone is mean to your child doesn’t mean they are a bully. Draw a distinction between these behaviors: RUDE = Inadvertently saying or doing something that hurts someone else.  MEAN = Purposefully saying or doing something to hurt someone once (or maybe twice). BULLYING = Intentionally agg