In middle school learning to navigate new relationships and new behaviors is challenging task for everyone. It's good to be able to define what behavior is so you can know how to address it.
Bullying is:
-Intentionally aggressive behavior
-Repeated over time
-Involves an imbalance of power
Mean is:
-Purposefully saying something to hurt someone once (maybe twice)
-Purposefully doing something to hurt someone once (maybe twice)
Rude is:
-Inadvertently saying something that hurts someone else
-Inadvertently doing something that hurts someone else
Bullying is:
-Intentionally aggressive behavior
-Repeated over time
-Involves an imbalance of power
Mean is:
-Purposefully saying something to hurt someone once (maybe twice)
-Purposefully doing something to hurt someone once (maybe twice)
Rude is:
-Inadvertently saying something that hurts someone else
-Inadvertently doing something that hurts someone else