“Researchers have found that at least 25% of all children will be affected by bullying at some point during their school years, and many of these children lose a significant number of days of school every year due to the fear of being bullied” (Bray, M., Kehle, T., Sassu, K. (2003). Bullying has become a serious problem for our students and our schools. Children waste educational time and lose self-confidence because they are afraid or intimidated by other students We, as teachers, must reduce bullying in our schools and prevent bullying from being a recurring problem in our students' lives so they can learn. , grow and develop our goal as teachers should be “to reduce as much as possible – ideally eliminate completely – existing bullying/victim problems within and outside the school context and prevent the development of new problems” (Olweus, D (1993). Bullying is defined as the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively impose dominance over others and is often repeated and habitual. Bullying is something that can occur in all kinds of places, at home, at school or in the community. There are several ways that bullying can manifest itself in the home. For example, we often hear of fathers trying to “toughen” their sons and turn them into men, when in reality they are bullying their sons to make them tough. Parents often allow their children to be aggressive and violent and find it appropriate for them to physically hurt other people. They often say that “boys will be boys” as if that behavior is normal and okay. Well, that's not normal or appropriate behavior, that kind of behavior just teaches them to be aggressive in society and bully other people. This guy... middle of paper... wanted this to happen in his classroom, but I didn't have the skills or knowledge to stop him. Now I do.Works CitedBoyle, DJ (2005). Youth bullying: incidence, impact and interventions. Journal of theNew Jersey Psychological Association, 55(3), 22-24. Cook, C., Guerra, N., Kim, T., Sadek, S., Williams, K. (2010). Predictors of bullying and victimization in childhood and adolescence: A meta-analytic investigation. School Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 25, no. 2, 65-83. Gartrell, D., Jochum, J. (2008). Guidance is important: understanding bullying. Toddlers 1-6. Olweus, D. (1993). Bullying in schools: what we know and what we can do. Cambridge, MA:Blackwell Publishers.Bray, M., Kehle, T., Sassu, K. (2003). Bullies and Victims: Information for Parents: Ensuring a Healthy Start and Promoting a Healthy Future. National Association of School Psychologists 1-3.