Playing around is the first step – I deal with
many kids who are bullied every year.They all have one thing in common…the bully started bullying them by
“playing around” with them.This usually
starts with flicking, slapping, tapping, tripping, pushing, and other
horseplay.The bullied student usually
responds with pushing, flicking, tapping, slapping of their own…which starts an
endless cycle where each person justifies their horseplay as “getting the other
person back” for something they did that day, yesterday, or three weeks ago.
