In light of all attention bullying has received on social media in the last few months I thought I would write about the different types of bullies. There are many reasons that children bully other children. Children are not born a bully there are various reasons they become a bully, not just an inherent temperament but also environment factors. One thing is for sure is that a bully is taught to bully.
- Fully Announced Bully:
- Is usually detached and shows little emotion and a strong will to carry out their bullying
- Vicious and vindictive toward the target but charming in front of others
- Feelings are buried so deep that they have trouble finding and identifying the emotions
- Hyperactive Bully
- More than likely struggles in school and has poor social skills
- May have learning disabilities
- Trouble making friends
- Confident Bully:
- Big ego, inflated sense of self, enjoys violence, sense of entitlement and no empathy
- Often peers will admire them because they have a powerful personality
- Social Bully:
- Uses rumors, gossip, verbal taunts to systematical isolate the person being bullied
- They are jealous of their target positive qualities and have a poor sense of self
- They will hide their low self-esteem under a false sense of confidence
- Bunch of Bullies:
- Group of friends who collectively do something they would never do individually to someone
- Done by the “nice” kids that know what they are doing is wrong
- Gang of Bullies:
- A group drawn together in the pursuit of power, control, domination, subjection and turf
- No regards for their lives, the destruction they leave, the conflict the cause and the consequences to their actions
- The Bullied Bully:
- Both a target and a bully
- They bully to get relief from some of their feelings of powerlessness and self-loathing
This information is from the book The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander by Barbara Coloroso.
