For+Teens

Here's a list of things that all people can do to when faced with bullying:


 * Tell a person who bullies to leave you or other alone (assert yourself in any way you can!)
 * Use any system your school offers for reporting bullying.
 * Try to avoid bullying situations.
 * Make friends. (being alone makes you an easier target)
 * Avoid Unsupervised Areas.

Here's a list of things that teens can do to help their school in preventing bullying, violence and harassment:


 * Get Involved in Your School!
 * Student Council
 * Join an Advisory Committee or Student Faculty Forum
 * Get People Thinking!
 * Make posters with motivational quotes and get permission to put them up in school
 * write an article about the different forms of violence you've seen in your school and submit it to the school paper
 * add positive statements to the morning announcements
 * ask the counselor to form a support group for people people who have been targets of bullying
 * encourage the drama instructor to do a short play about violence
 * encourage your school to offer parenting classes
 * Start a Peer Mediator Program
 * Become a Peer Mediator
 * Find a School Advocate (someone you can count on for support)

(Hipp, 2000. Understanding the Human Volcano: What Teens Can do to Reduce Violence)