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)